PATTERNS IN DISTRIBUTION, GROWTH, AND TROPHODYNAMICS OF STRIPED BASS EARLY LIFE STAGES IN THE ESTUARINE TRANSITION REGION OF UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY

dc.contributor.advisorHoude, Edward D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorShideler, Allison Rae Chandleren_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.accessioned2011-10-08T06:42:51Z
dc.date.available2011-10-08T06:42:51Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractVariable production of young striped bass <italic>Morone saxatilis</italic> in the estuarine transition region depends on environmental and hydrographic conditions in the estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) and salt front region of Chesapeake Bay. Spatio-temporal variability in occurrence, growth, and diet of early life stages of striped bass and zooplankton prey were compared in years of average (2007) and poor (2008) production of striped bass juveniles. Stable isotope analyses tracked sources of carbon and nitrogen in larval striped bass diets. The estuarine copepod <italic>Eurytemora affinis</italic> was the most important prey. It and the freshwater cladoceran <italic>Bosmina longirostris</italic> dominated diets of striped bass larvae. <italic>Bosmina</italic> was relatively important in 2007. Larvae grew faster in 2007 than in 2008 and growth was fastest within and up-estuary of the ETM and salt front. Stable isotope analysis indicated that carbon from both marine and terrestrial sources supports production of striped bass larvae.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12096
dc.subject.pqcontrolledFisheries and aquatic sciencesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledChesapeake Bayen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledestuarine turbidity maximumen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrecruitmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsalt fronten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstriped bassen_US
dc.titlePATTERNS IN DISTRIBUTION, GROWTH, AND TROPHODYNAMICS OF STRIPED BASS EARLY LIFE STAGES IN THE ESTUARINE TRANSITION REGION OF UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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