Environmental drivers of biogeography and community structure in a Mid-Atlantic estuary.

ABSTRACT: Estuaries include some of the most productive yet anthropogenically impacted marine ecosystems on the planet, and provide critical habitat to many ecologically and economically important marine species. In order to elucidate ecological function in estuaries, we must understand what factors drive community dynamics. Delaware Bay is the third largest estuary in the United States and hosts over 200 species of migrant and resident fishes and invertebrates. The Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife has conducted two long-term trawl surveys at monthly intervals in Delaware Bay since 1966. The two surveys collect data on environmental conditions, species composition, and number of fishes and macroinvertebrates across different size classes and life histories. Using a suite of multivariate approa

SUBMITTER: Oleynik HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10980636 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature