A checklist of the flora and fauna of northern Florida Bay and adjacent brackish waters of the Florida Mainland collected during the period July 1957 through September 1960
Tabb DC and Manning RB. 1961. A checklist of the flora and fauna of northern Florida Bay and adjacent brackish waters of the Florida Mainland collected during the period July 1957 through September 1960. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean (Bulletin of Marine Science). 11(4):552-649
Four hundred thirty two species of plants, invertebrate animals and fish are reported from the marine-brackish water areas of northern Florida Bay and adjacent estuaries in Everglades National Park. This paper presents notes on their abundance, tolerance to change in the physical environment, and distribution in relation to habitat in order to better understand their fluctuations in distribution and abundance in the natural environment. This information could eventually aid in interpreting changes in populations due to man-made alterations in shallow water. Study Period: July 1957-October 1960; Study Type: Qualitative; Gear Type: Otter trawl, bottom grab, seines, H & L, fish toxicants, traps, night-light dipnetting, channel and pushnets; Number of Stations: 12 hydrographic, 4 dipnetting, and 10 fish toxicant sites are shown on map, other sites are variable; Habitat: Offshore (Conchie Channel, Sandy Key Basin, Joe Kemp Channel), inshore (mangrove swamp, Coot Bay/ Whitewater Bay, Shark River); Abiotic Parameters Measured: Salinity, temperature; Biological Component: Flora, fauna: Dominant Taxon/Taxa Studied: Udotea, Acetabularia, Thalassia, Echinaster, Brachiodontes, Cerithium spp., Modulus, Anomalocardia, Penaeus, Alpheus, Palaemonetes spp., Anchoa spp., Eucinostomus spp., Bairdiella.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Tabb, Durbin; Manning, Raymond
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Checklist, Everglades National Park, Fish, FL, Florida Bay, Habitat Alteration, Invertebrates (Invertebrata), Plant Studies, Plants, Population Density