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Hurricane Effects on Seagrass and Associated Nekton Communities in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
On 10 October 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall along the Florida panhandle as a category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 259 km h −1 and...
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The Influence of Time, Tide, and Place on Fine-Scale Nekton Distribution: Insights from the San Francisco Estuary
The location of estuarine organisms varies based on geophysical cycles and environmental conditions, which can strongly bias understanding of...
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Analysis of Nekton Communities in a Regulated River-Fed Estuary: Assessing Temporal Changes Relative to River Flow Rates in the Apalachicola Bay System, Florida
River flow is an important component of estuarine ecology, delivering the freshwater and nutrients that drive physical characteristics and...
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Trophodynamics of Nekton Assemblages and Relationships with Estuarine Habitat Structure Across a Subtropical Estuary
Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of trophic structures, or trophodynamics, is important for assessing the overall condition and function of...
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Intertidal Creek Pool Nekton Assemblages: Long-term Patterns in Diversity and Abundance in a Warm-Temperate Estuary
Estuarine nekton (fishes, crabs, and shrimps) play key ecological roles and support valuable commercial and recreational fisheries. Long-term...
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Comparing Shallow Seagrass Versus Fringing Marsh Habitat Use by Nekton Juvenile Recruits with “Incomparable” Fishing Gear in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Shallow coastal systems act as nursery habitat for many species of fish and macroinvertebrates. Juveniles of these species may show selective use of...
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Estuarine Nekton Assemblages along a Marsh-Mangrove Ecotone
The marsh-mangrove ecotone along the southeastern US Atlantic coast occurs in northeast Florida within the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas (GTM) estuary,...
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Seascape Configuration Influences the Community Structure of Marsh Nekton
Around the globe, salt marsh ecosystems are rapidly changing, leading to alterations in both the amount, and configuration of marsh habitats. Sea...
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Climate Change Implications for Tidal Marshes and Food Web Linkages to Estuarine and Coastal Nekton
Climate change is altering naturally fluctuating environmental conditions in coastal and estuarine ecosystems across the globe. Departures from...
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Heavy metal concentrations and associated health risks in edible tissues of marine nekton from the outer Pearl River Estuary, South China Sea
Seven heavy metals including Hg, Cu, Pb, Cd, Zn, Cr, and As were examined in seventeen marine nekton species from the outer Pearl River Estuary...
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Environmental Drivers of Seagrass-Associated Nekton Abundance Across the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Small variations in environmental parameters can substantially alter species composition, but the extent to which different species respond to these...
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Foundation Species Shift Alters the Energetic Landscape of Marsh Nekton
Climate change driven sea level rise and mangrove expansion are rapidly altering coastal systems in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Such substantial and...
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Decadal-Scale Changes in Subtidal Nekton Assemblages in a Warm-Temperate Estuary
Coincidental long-term changes in estuarine nekton assemblages and environmental conditions are widely reported. In this study, from a...
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Geographic Variation in Salt Marsh Structure and Function for Nekton: a Guide to Finding Commonality Across Multiple Scales
Coastal salt marshes are distributed widely across the globe and are considered essential habitat for many fish and crustacean species. Yet, the...
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Meta-analysis of Nekton Utilization of Coastal Habitats in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Estuaries in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) provide habitat for many ecologically, commercially, and recreationally important fish and crustacean...
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Meta-analysis of Nekton Recovery Following Marsh Restoration in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
To investigate regional patterns in marsh recovery following restoration, a meta-analysis of nekton densities at restored and reference marshes in...
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Influence of an industrial discharge on long-term dynamics of abiotic and biotic resources in Lavaca Bay, Texas, USA
The current study seeks to identify possible anthropogenic and/or natural environmental stressors that may account for the long-term decline of...
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Impact of Hurricane Harvey on Galveston Bay Saltmarsh Nekton Communities
Coastal saltmarshes are a unique habitat at the interface of tidal coastal waters and freshwater inflow providing foraging and nursery habitat for a...
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Nekton Community Responses to Seagrass Differ with Shoreline Slope
Seagrass beds vary in patch size and shoot density, which can influence the distribution and abundance of nekton responding to habitat structure. In...
