Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds
Neuse River Benthic Fisheries Habitat Modeling and Monitoring (ModMon)
Type: Extent of
habitat (i.e., area of habitat and whether there has been a decline); condition
of habitat and sources affecting habitat (i.e., the condition or functionality
of the habitat); and stressors affecting habitat (i.e., which sources
have contributed to its degradation and whether they are direct or indirect
factors).
Category: Submerged and intertidal
Cost: Information not provided.
Description: The investigator will continue studying how oxygen depletion
in bottom sediments changes the number and kinds of sediment-dwelling creatures
that many fish rely on for food, focusing on learning how long it takes a benthic
community to recover adequately from anoxic events to be valuable to fish. He
will also relate the output of predictive models being developed to changes
in benthic habitat and subsequent fish production.
Outcome: This is an ongoing project and the outcome is not known at this
time.
Contact: Charles H. Peterson, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences, Institute
Of Marine Sciences, Box 3301, 3431 Arendell Morehead City, NC Tel: 919-726-6841,
cpeters@email.unc.edu
Citation: http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/WRRI/annual/neusecontinuing.html
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