TROPHIC ECOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF BLACK SEA BASS CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT

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dc.contributor.advisorWoodland, Ryan Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorLa Rosa, Ginni Aliceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMarine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01T06:42:42Z
dc.date.available2019-02-01T06:42:42Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractBlack sea bass Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758) is a valuable Middle Atlantic Bight fisheries species, but spatial patterns in condition and diet during summer residence at inshore reefs remain largely unknown. I examined a suite of potential drivers of physiological condition and trophic niche of C. striata using morphometric, stomach contents, and stable isotope indicators. Regional differences in liver tissue lipid content and standard condition indices covaried with additional biotic and abiotic factors. I show that liver tissue must be corrected for lipid content prior to interpreting liver carbon stable isotope data and I provide a correction equation for this species. Both spatial and biological factors explained observed patterns in diet and trophic niche metrics. An understanding of the factors that underlie spatial and temporal patterns in condition and trophic ecology provides insights necessary to help inform ecologically-focused management decisions.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/jkku-uwlx
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21663
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEcologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledblack sea bassen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcoastal ecosystemen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfisheries managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlipid extractionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstable isotope analysisen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtrophic ecologyen_US
dc.titleTROPHIC ECOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF BLACK SEA BASS CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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