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Creator	Stow, Craig A. Zhang, Hongyan Brandt, Stephen B. et al. Mason, Doran M.
Abstract or Summary	To evaluate the impact of hypoxia (< 2 mg O₂ l⁻¹) on habitat quality of pelagic prey fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico, we used a spatially explicit, bioenergetics-based growth rate potential (GRP) model to develop indices of habitat quality. Our focus was on the pelagic bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli and Gulf menhaden Brevoortia patronus. Positive GRP was considered high-quality habitat (HQH) and negative GRP was considered low-quality habitat (LQH). Models used water temperature, dissolved oxygen (DO), zooplankton biomass, and phytoplankton concentration collected during the peak periods of hypoxia in 2003, 2004, and 2006 to estimate fish GRP. Results showed that hypoxic areas were always LQH. However, with respect to the entire water column, hypoxia had only a minor impact on overall habitat quality, with habitat quality being driven primarily by prey availability followed by water temperature. These results are in contrast to other ecosystems, such as the Chesapeake Bay, where hypoxia affects a larger fraction of the water column than in the Gulf of Mexico and has a significant impact on overall habitat quality. Differences in the effect of hypoxia on habitat quality between these 2 ecosystems suggest that the vertical extent of hypoxia relative to water column depth (i.e. hypoxic volume) is a fundamental consideration when evaluating the impacts of hypoxia on pelagic fish production.
Resource Type	Article
DOI	10.3354/meps10768
Date Available	2014-07-08T22:37:17+00:00
Date Issued	2014-05-28
Citation	Zhang H, Mason DM, Stow CA, Adamack AT, et al. (2014). Effects of hypoxia on habitat quality of pelagic planktivorous fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 505:209-226. doi:10.3354/meps10768
Series	Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol. 505 (2014)
Keyword	Non-point source pollution Food web Eutrophication Dead zone Habitat suitability
Rights Statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Funding Statement (additional comments about funding)	This research was supported by NOAA-CSCOR Award NA06NOS4780148 and NA09NOS4780234 to S.B.B. This is GLERL contribution No. 1699 and NOAA-CSCOR NGOMEX contribution No. 191. This is University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science contribution No. 4883.
Publisher	Inter-Research
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/50203
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