Comparative life history of female mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats

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Brown-Peterson, Nancy
Peterson, Mark S.
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Springer
Date Issued
1990
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Female Gambusia affinis were collected from low salinity/near-neutral pH and tidal freshwater/low pH localities to document life history variation between these two habitats. Mosquito fish were 2.7 times more abundant in low salinity/near-neutral pH (2.37 ± 0.72 ppt; pH = 5.73 ± 0.11) than in tidal freshwater/low pH (0.27 ± 0.19 ppt; pH = 4.46 ± 0.18) habitats in Old Fort Bayou, a black-water tidal river of the Biloxi Bay estuary, Mississippi. Fish were common in both areas from June 1985 through February 1986. There were no significant differences between habitats in the length-weight relationships during the reproductive season with the exception of February.

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English
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10 p.
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3333133
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Female Gambusia affinis were collected from low salinity/near-neutral pH and tidal freshwater/low pH localities to document life history variation between these two habitats. Mosquito fish were 2.7 times more abundant in low salinity/near-neutral pH (2.37 ± 0.72 ppt; pH = 5.73 ± 0.11) than in tidal freshwater/low pH (0.27 ± 0.19 ppt; pH = 4.46 ± 0.18) habitats in Old Fort Bayou, a black-water tidal river of the Biloxi Bay estuary, Mississippi. Fish were common in both areas from June 1985 through February 1986. There were no significant differences between habitats in the length-weight relationships during the reproductive season with the exception of February.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Brown-Peterson, N., & Peterson, M. S. (1990). Comparative life history of female mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 27(1), 33-41. doi:10.1007/BF00004902
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #683.
Date Backup
1990
Date Text
1990
DOI
10.1007/BF00004902
Date Issued (EDTF)
1990
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Comparative life history of female mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333133
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Springer
1990
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Title
Comparative life history of female mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats
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Comparative life history of female mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in tidal freshwater and oligohaline habitats