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Checklist of the Fishes Documented
from the Zeke's Island & Masonboro Island Components
of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve

GENERAL REFERENCES CITED

The following references were cited above but may not contain fish data for the NCNERR.

  • Lancaster, J.L., R.J. Miltner, and S.W. Ross. 1999. Annotated bibliography of research conducted in the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Unpubl. Rept. NC Natl. Estuarine Research Reserve, Wilmington, NC. 112 p.
  • Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. 3rd Ed. John Wiley and Sons. New York. 523 p.

  • North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. 1998. North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve management plan. NCNERR, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Coastal Management. Wilmington, NC. 185 p.
  • Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott. 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Amer. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. 20. Bethesda, MD. 183 p.
  • Ross, S.W. and S.P. Epperly. 1985. Utilization of shallow estuarine nursery areas by fishes in Pamlico Sound and adjacent tributaries, North Carolina. Chap. 10, p.207-232. In: Yanez-Arancibia, A. (Ed.). Fish Community Ecology in Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons: Towards an Ecosystem Integration. UNAM Press. Mexico. 654 p.
  • Schwartz, F.J., W.T. Hogarth, and M.P. Weinstein. 1982. Marine and freshwater fishes of the Cape Fear estuary, North Carolina, and their distribution in relation to environmental factors. Brimleyana No. 7: 17-37.
  • Weinstein, M.P. 1979. Shallow marsh habitats as primary nurseries for fishes and shellfish, Cape Fear River, North Carolina. Fish. Bull. 77: 339-357.
  • Weinstein, M.P. 1985. Distributional ecology of fishes inhabiting warm temperate and tropical estuaries: community relationships and implications. p. 285-310. In: Yanez-Arancibia, A. (Ed.). Fish Community Ecology in Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons: Towards an Ecosystem Integration. UNAM Press. Mexico. 654 p.

    Wheeler, T., M. Smith, K. Stokesbury, M. Posey, S.W. Ross, and C. Hackney. 1995. 1995 year end summary. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. Carolinian Province. North Carolina Estuaries Component. Summary Rept. for 1995 EMAP-Estuaries Demonstration Project in the Carolinian Province. NOAA, NOS, Office of ORCA. 181 p.