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

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• 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).
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/5116/noaa_5116_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.49 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:36bea799585a7823fa6ff9bf005a294196383f219b139c1f5bba4038a7682321935cb7fc25df9a5fc7643a598095f1a96c8c82a06bcbed7423f45cdb843f292d