Epibenthic invertebrates and fishes of the continental shelf of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico /

251 species of demersal fishes and invertebrates, with a mean

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Al-Jabr, Abdulrahman Mohammad, 1958-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:251 species of demersal fishes and invertebrates, with a mean
and 400 meters. These took 6,468 individuals belonging to
assemblages.
average diversity (H') was 2.0. Hypoxic conditions were not
Data from 34 epibenthic trawls were made on the continental
diversity lies between stable tropical shelves and those in
diversity were not statistically significant between
for all the assemblages was 294 mg/m2 (0.294 g/m2), and the
found between the number of species and depth. Biomass and
found during the investigation. There was no correlation
indices between stations showed low similarity among the
nearshore and offshore. A relatively high number of species
number of 287 individuals per hectare. The average biomass
shelf of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico between depths 13
temperate latitudes. Evaluation of the percentage similarity
were collected from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico compared
with the northeastern Gulf; in addition, northwestern Gulf
Item Description:"Major subject: Oceanography".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 101 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.