Seasonal distribution and abundance of 26 species of fish and megainvertebrates collected in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary, January 1992-December 1997

Wilk, Stuart J.; Pikanowski, Robert A.; McMillan, Donald G.; MacHaffie, Eileen M.

i

Seasonal distribution and abundance of 26 species of fish and megainvertebrates collected in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary, January 1992-December 1997

1998
By Wilk, Stuart J. ; Pikanowski, Robert A. ; McMillan, Donald G. ; ...
Series: Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document 98-10

Details

Personal Author:

Wilk, Stuart J. ; Pikanowski, Robert A. ; McMillan, Donald G. ; MacHaffie, Eileen M.
Corporate Authors:

Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
Description:

Seasonal distribution and abundance maps, based on 1805 8.5-m otter trawl tows made in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary between January 1992 and December 1997, are presented for 26 species of fish and megainvertebrates. The 26 species illustrated are: clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria; little skate, Raja erinacea; winter skate, Raja ocellata; blueback herring, Alosa aestivalis; alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus; Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus; bay anchovy, Anchoa mitchilli; silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis; red hake, Urophycis chuss; spotted hake, Urophycis regia; northern searobin, Prionotus carolinus; striped searobin, Prionotus evolans; striped bass, Morone saxatilis; black sea bass, Centropristis striata; bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix; scup, Stenotomus chrysops; weakfish, Cynoscion regalis; spot, Leiostomus xanthurus; butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus; summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus; windowpane, Scophthalmus aquosus; winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus; blue crab, Callinectes sapidus; Atlantic rock crab, Cancer irroratus; lady crab, Ovalipes ocellatus; and longfin squid, Loligo pealeii. These species dominated catches throughout the survey, accounting for greater than 90 percent of both total number and weight of all species collected.
Content Notes:

by Stuart J. Wilk, Robert A. Pikanowski, Donald G. McMillan, and Eileen M. MacHaffie.

"October 1998."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 5-6).
Keywords:

Fishes Fish Populations Fish Surveys Measurement Seasonal Distribution Fish Populations Fish Surveys Seasonal Distribution
Series:

Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document 98-10
Document Type:

Reference Document
Place as Subject:

Raritan River Estuary (N.J.) ; Hudson River Estuary (N.Y. and N.J.)
Rights Information:

Public Domain
Compliance:

Library
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha-512:36bea799585a7823fa6ff9bf005a294196383f219b139c1f5bba4038a7682321935cb7fc25df9a5fc7643a598095f1a96c8c82a06bcbed7423f45cdb843f292d
Download URL:

https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/5116/noaa_5116_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 4.49 MB ]

ON THIS PAGE

Details

The NOAA IR serves as an archival repository of NOAA-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by NOAA or funded partners. As a repository, the NOAA IR retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.