Patterns of seasonal availability and habitat use by fishes and decapod crustaceans in a southern New Jersey estuary

Agriculture & Biology

• estuaries 88%
• Decapoda 87%
• Crustacea 74%
• habitats 49%
• fish 49%
• Syngnathus fuscus 46%
• Apeltes quadracus 45%
• Urophycis regia 33%
• Zostera marina 31%
• Centropristis striata 27%
• Anchoa mitchilli 27%
• Menidia menidia 26%
• Leiostomus xanthurus 26%
• trawl nets 18%
• silt 17%
• marshes 16%
• community structure 14%
• salinity 12%
• estuarine fish 11%
• Ulva 9%
• harbors (waterways) 9%
• Porifera 9%
• organisms 8%
• multidimensional scaling 8%
• peat 8%
• dominant species 8%
• crabs 7%
• species richness 6%
• temperature 6%
• eggs 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• habitat use 97%
• crustacean 87%
• estuary 66%
• habitat 53%
• fish 51%
• creek 25%
• habitat type 21%
• marsh 18%
• biota 17%
• silt 16%
• community structure 16%
• salinity 13%
• liner 10%
• crab 9%
• Black Sea 9%
• sponge 9%
• egg 9%
• peat 8%
• harbor 8%
• species richness 8%
• station 5%
• sea 5%
• comparison 3%
• distribution 3%
• analysis 2%
• effect 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Salinity 100%
• Heterogeneity 79%
• Black 38%
• Blue 31%