. Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Fishes -- Mexico, Gulf of; Estuaries -- Mexico, Gulf of. Distribution and Abundance of Fishes and Invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico Estuaries Volume II: Species Life History Summaries Introduction This is the second of two volumes that present informa- tion on the spatial and temporal distributions, relative abundance, and life history characteristics of 44 fish and invertebrate species in 31 Gulf of Mexico estuar- ies. This volume contains life history summaries for each species. Each summary identifies the li
. Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries. Fishes -- Mexico, Gulf of; Estuaries -- Mexico, Gulf of. Distribution and Abundance of Fishes and Invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico Estuaries Volume II: Species Life History Summaries Introduction This is the second of two volumes that present informa- tion on the spatial and temporal distributions, relative abundance, and life history characteristics of 44 fish and invertebrate species in 31 Gulf of Mexico estuar- ies. This volume contains life history summaries for each species. Each summary identifies the life history characteristics that describe a species' occurrence in these estuaries. These summaries were developed to complement data presented in Distribution and Abun- dance of Fishes and Invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico Estuaries, Volume I: Data Summaries (Nelson et ), hereafter referred to as Volume I. The summaries presented here are not a complete treatise on all aspects of each species' biology, but they provide a concise account of the most important physi- cal and biological factors known to affect a species' occurrence within estuaries. As a supplement to the life history summaries, their content was augmented with additional physical and biological criteria and condensed into three life history tables. These tables present life history characteristics for each species along with behavioral traits and preferred habitats. This report is a product of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Estuarine Liv- ing Marine Resources (ELMR) Program (see inside front cover), a cooperative study of the National Ocean Service (NOS), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and other research institutions. The objective of the ELMR program is to develop a consistent data base on the distribution, abundance, and life history characteristics of important fishes and invertebrates in the Nation's estuaries. This data base contains the relative abundance an
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