Interaction between Penaeid Shrimp and Fish Populations in the Gulf of Mexico: Importance of Shrimp as Forage Species

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 11; p. e0166479
• Main Authors: Fujiwara, Masami, Zhou, Can, Acres, Chelsea, Martinez-Andrade, Fernando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.11.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Bays; Biology and Life Sciences; Brevoortia tyrannus; Coastal environments; Crustaceans; Cynoscion nebulosus; Decapoda; Drum; Earth sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem; Environmental gradient; Error analysis; Estuaries; Fish; Fish populations; Fisheries; Fishes - physiology; Fishing; Flounder; Gulf of Mexico; Integration; Least-Squares Analysis; Litopenaeus setiferus; Marine ecology; Medicine and Health Sciences; Models, Biological; Paralichthys lethostigma; Parks; Penaeidae; Penaeidae - physiology; Penaeus; People and places; Physical Sciences; Pleuronectiformes; Population; Population Density; Predation; Predators; Predatory Behavior; Prey; Regression analysis; Salinity; Seasons; Shellfish; Species; Statistical analysis; Studies; Time series; Trout; Wetlands; Wildlife; Gulf of Mexico; United States > US; Virginia; Texas; Galveston Bay

This study investigated the contribution of shrimp stocks in supporting the production of valuable predator species. Fishery-independent data on white shrimp, brown shrimp, and selected fish species (spotted seatrout, red drum, and southern flounder) were collected from 1986 to 2014 by the Texas Par...