The seasonal use of a shallow Georgia creek by flatfishes.(Wylly Creek)(Report) From: Georgia Journal of Science | Date: December 22, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 Georgia Academy of Science. 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

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Flatfishes use estuaries as recruitment habitats and nurseries. The purpose of the present study was to assess the seasonal use and abundance (as measured by Catch Per Unit Effort) of flatfishes from September 2004 to February 2006 in Wylly Creek, a shallow estuarine creek in Georgia. Monthly sampling was conducted with a 1-meter beam trawl. The bay whiff Citharichthys spilopterus was the most abundant species collected with a maximum mean CPUE of 34.7 recently settled juveniles in January 2005, while the black-cheek tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa was collected most ...

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