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Use of sandy beach habitat by Fundulus majalis, a surf-zone fishChris J. Harvey*Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA![]() ABSTRACT: Habitat use by the striped killifish Fundulus majalis was examined at Nannygoat Beach, a sandy beach on Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA. F. majalis catch per unit effort (CPUE) was greater in runnel habitat than in any other intertidal region, and no F. majalis were captured in the low-tide surf zone. Some F. majalis occupied the same runnel on consecutive tidal cycles. F. majalis distribution may have been influenced by distributions of potential prey (surf clams Donax spp. and Mulinia spp.) and predators (blue crab Callinectes sapidus).
KEY WORDS: Habitat use · Fundulus majalis · Sandy beach · Spatial heterogeneity
Published in MEPS Vol.
164
(1998) on April 9
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