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Movement and abundance of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) in Yaquina Bay Estuary, Oregon: evidence for essential habitat designation

Creator:

Schwager, Tad W.

Abstract:

Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) are known to utilize certain estuaries along the Pacific coast of the United States, but the importance of these habitats to the coast-wide population is not well understood. In this study, general patterns of estuarine habitat use were assessed by tracking the movement of sub-adult and adult...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

freshwater input (Hickey and Banas 2003). The Pacific also has much greater tidal fluctuations that move