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Estuarine habitat and behavior of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
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Estuarine habitat and behavior of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
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an approach using acoustic telemetry in Barnegat Bay, NJ, USA
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ETD_2937
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10001600001.ETD.000056727
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eng
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theses
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Oceanography
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Winter flounder--Habitat--New Jersey--Barnegat Bay
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Biotelemetry
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This study investigated habitat and movement dynamics in winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) during estuarine residence in February-August 2009 in Barnegat Bay, a southern New Jersey estuary. Adult winter flounder (261-442 mm SL), including both males (N=16) and females (N=18), were acoustically tagged and relocated. This allowed characterization of habitat type and movement. Winter flounder burial behavior may have presented difficulties in relocation as tags proved incapable of transmission through sediment. Tag detection range also proved dependent on several environmental variables. Relocations occurred between early February and late July (N=115), with highest rates in February and March. 68.7% of total redetections were of male flounder. Few flounder were relocated after May. Relocations of winter flounder throughout the study period occurred mostly at a midrange temperature interface between warm water from a nuclear power plant and cool ocean water. Sex explained part of habitat variation, with a correlation of 0.37 between sex and known environmental factors. Sex-based difference in water temperature was observed with females at a higher temperature during March, in the likely spawning period. There appeared to be differences in depth, substrate, and egress and spawning temperature in comparison to data from northern populations. Average movement rate was low, frequently less than 200 m d-1, and with a peak in late February and early March. In a Bayesian model using the study’s movement rate data, males consistently showed higher movement rates than females, particularly in February and March. Estuarine egress of some fish (N=11) occurred in April and early May, with males detected several weeks earlier than females.
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Joan H. Pravatiner
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Joan H.
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Kenneth
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Grothues
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Thomas
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Judith Grassle
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2010
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2010-10
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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2010-09-29 00:25:09
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2010-10-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after May 2nd, 2011.
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