Influence of salinity on the habitat use of oyster reefs in three Southwest Florida estuaries. From: Journal of Shellfish Research | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Savarese, Michael; Tolley, S. Gregory; Volety, Aswani K. | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Shellfisheries Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ABSTRACT To gauge the influence of salinity on the habitat value of oyster reefs, spatial and seasonal patterns of the presence of reef-resident fishes and decapods were assessed in the Caloosahatchee, Estero, and Faka-Union estuaries of Southwest Florida. Lift nets (1 [m.sup.2]) containing 5 L of oyster clusters were deployed on intertidal reefs at three sites along the salinity gradient of each estuary. Nets were deployed during three seasonally dry and three seasonally wet month...

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