LEADER 04354oam 2200637 a 450 001 9910222214403321 005 20230828214100.0 010 $a1-9788-0251-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9781978802513 035 $a(CKB)3360000000000638 035 $a(MH)008191327-3 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000408972 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12109798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000408972 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10436373 035 $a(PQKB)11486562 035 $a(DE-B1597)638507 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781978802513 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000000638 100 $a19970724d1998 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe first year in the life of estuarine fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight /$fKenneth W. Able and Michael P. Fahay$b[electronic resource] 205 $aReprint 2022 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 342 p. )$cill., maps ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-333) and index. 327 $gCh. 1.$tIntroduction --$gCh. 2.$tStudy Area --$gCh. 3.$tMethodology --$gCh. 4.$tCharacteristics of the Middle Atlantic Bight Ichthyofauna --$gCh. 5.$tMustelus canis --$gCh. 6.$tAnguilla rostrata --$gCh. 7.$tConger oceanicus --$gCh. 8.$tAlosa aestivalis --$gCh. 9.$tAlosa mediocris --$gCh. 10.$tAlosa pseudoharengus --$gCh. 11.$tAlosa sapidissima --$gCh. 12.$tBrevoortia tyrannus --$gCh. 13.$tClupea harengus --$gCh. 14.$tAnchoa hepsetus --$gCh. 15.$tAnchoa mitchilli --$gCh. 16.$tOsmerus mordax --$gCh. 17.$tSynodus foetens --$gCh. 18.$tMicrogadus tomcod --$gCh. 19.$tPollachius virens --$gCh. 20.$tHakes of the Genus Urophycis --$gCh. 21.$tUrophycis chuss --$gCh. 22.$tUrophycis regia --$gCh. 23.$tUrophycis tenuis --$gCh. 24.$tOphidion marginatum --$gCh. 25.$tOpsanus tau. 330 $aThe estuaries of the Middle Atlantic Bight - between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras - provide nursery habitat for young fishes that inhabit much wider areas as adults. Their first year is the least understood phase of these fishes' life cycles: the time when they undergo great changes in morphology, diet, and habitat, and when they are particularly vulnerable to predators and environmental hazards. This is the first major work to describe the natural history of seventy important species of fishes that use estuaries during their critical early life stages. 330 8 $aIn the heart of the book, they describe the natural history of the eggs, larvae, and juveniles of seventy fish species, the most abundant and ecologically/economically important of 300+ species whose young are found in the Hudson and Delaware estuaries and smaller New Jersey rivers, estuaries, and bays. They stress the temporal and spatial distribution of eggs, larvae, and juveniles. They also analyze the patterns and subtle variations in the ecology and life history strategies of these species: their growth rates, where they find refuge from predators, how they survive their first winter, and how they share the estuarine habitat with so many other species. 330 8 $aTo aid in the identification of these young stages, the authors provide field character keys and elegant, detailed line drawings of juveniles. 606 $aEstuarine fishes$zMid-Atlantic Bight 606 $aEstuarine fishes$zMid-Atlantic Bight 606 $aZoology$2HILCC 606 $aHealth & Biological Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aVertebrates$2HILCC 615 0$aEstuarine fishes 615 0$aEstuarine fishes 615 7$aZoology 615 7$aHealth & Biological Sciences 615 7$aVertebrates 676 $a597.177/8634 700 $aAble$b Kenneth W.$f1945-$0974562 701 $aFahay$b Michael P$0974563 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910222214403321 996 $aThe first year in the life of estuarine fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight$92218930 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress