TitleAssemblages of U.S. west coast estuaries based on the distribution of fishes
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1992
AuthorsMonaco, Mark E., Tony A. Lowery, and Robert L. Emmett
Secondary TitleJournal of biogeography
Volume19
Paginationp.251-267
Call NumberOSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription
KeywordsArrow goby = Clevelandia ios, Brown Irish lord = Hemilepdotus spinosus, Coos Bay, Copper rockfish = Sebastes caurinus, fishes, Humboldt Bay, Netarts Bay, Padded sculpin = Artedius fenestralis, Penpoint gunnel = Apodichthys flavidus, Silverspotted sculpin = Belpsias cirrhosus, Snake prickleback = Lumpenus sagitta, species composition, species list, Tillamook Bay, Tube-snout = Aulorhynchus flavidus, Tubenose poacher = Pallasina barbata, Umpqua River, Wolf-eel = Amarrhichthys ocellatus, Yaquina Bay
NotesThe authors analyzed twenty-eight West Coast estuaries regarding whether any of 360 possible fish species were present in those estuaries. Using these results, they grouped the 28 estuaries into six possible classifications. This estuary falls into the Northern Estuarine Group. Important species are given.