Four hundred and ninety eight Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) were collected from Tampa Bay and the adjacent Gulf waters from December 2000 to December 2001 to assess their age, size structure, growth and reproduction. The population was sampled ...

Estero Bay, located just south of Fort Myers, is a major resource area within the Charlotte Harbor Estuary system. This relatively pristine ecosystem is under increasing pressure as a consequence of unprecedented population growth and development within its watershed. Habitat ...

While jellyfish populations in the Gulf of Mexico have been increasing for over a decade, unusually large numbers of adult jellyfish were present in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the late summer of 2000. The native jellies, such as ...

Age structure is essential information for monitoring a population's status and recruitment history. This project develops age-length keys and age-length relationships for several reef species such as gag grouper, red grouper, red porgy, and red, gray and yellowtail snapper. For ...

Roughtongue bass, Holanthias martinicensis, is a small protogynous hermaphrodite common on the deep-water reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Recent diet studies showed that H. martinicensis is an important link between zooplankton and the larger ...