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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

RESERVE FISH REFERENCES

These references (plus other data) were used in developing the fish checklist for Masonboro Island and Zeke’s Island NCNERR components.

  • Bichy, J.B., K.D.E Stokesbury, and S.W. Ross. 1995. Comparison of two trawl nets used to survey estuarine fish communities. ASB Bull. 42(2): 163 (Abstract).
  • Cline, J.D. 1992. Stomach analysis of spot and pinfish from a tidal creek, Masonboro Island, N.C. Unpubl. Honors Thesis, Dept. of Biology. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • Gospodarek, A.M. 1996. Feeding comparison for two species of fish, Fundulus heteroclitus and Menidia menidia, over an oyster reef (Crassostrea virginica ) and an adjacent soft sediment habitat. Unpubl. Independent Study, Dept. Biology, Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC. 13 p.
  • Hackney, C.T., J. Grimley, M. Posey, T. Alphin, and J. Hyland. 1998. Sediment contamination in North Carolina's estuaries. Center for Marine Science Research. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Pub. No. 198. 59 p.
  • Hyland, J.L., L. Balthis, C.T. Hackney, G. McRae, A.H. Ringwood, T.R. Snoots, R.F. Van Dolah, and T.L. Wade. 1998. Environmental quality of estuaries of the Carolinian Province: 1995. Annual statistical summary for the 1996 EMAP-Estuaries Demonstration Project in the Carolinian Province. NOAA Tech. Mem. NOS ORCA 123 NOAA/NOS. Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment. Silver Spring, MD. 143 p.
  • Hyland, J.L., T.J. Herrlinger, T.R. Snoots, A.H. Ringwood, R.F. Van Dolah, C.T. Hackney, Nelson, G.A., Rosen, J.S., and S.A. Kokkinakis. 1996. Environmental quality of estuaries of the Carolinian Province: 1994. Annual statistical summary for the 1994 EMAP-Estuaries Demonstration Project in the Carolinian Province. NOAA Tech. Mem. NOS ORCA 97. NOAA/NOS, Office Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment. Silver Spring, MD. 102 p.
  • Innes, A.E. 1992. Microhabitat segregation of juvenile fishes in a shallow water marsh. M.S. Thesis. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • Johnson, S.C. 1994. The feeding habits of the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) along Masonboro Island, North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Unpubl. Independent Study. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC. 13 p.
  • Lancaster, J.E. 1994. The summer surf zone ichthyofauna of nourished and unnourished beaches on the Masonboro Island North Carolina Estuarine Research Reserve. Unpubl. Independent Study, Dept. Biology. Univ. North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC. 14 p.
  • ------------. 2000. Movements of spot (Leiostomus xanthurus ), pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides), and mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) through ebbing tides in an estuarine creek. MS thesis. NC State Univ. Raleigh, NC.
  • Lancaster, J.E., S.C. Johnson, and S.W. Ross. 1995. The summer surf zone ichthyofauna of nourished and unnourished beaches on Masonboro Island, NC National Estuarine research reserve. ASB Bull. 42(2): 162-163. (Abstract).
  • Lindquist, D.G., M.V. Ogburn, W.B. Stanley, H.L. Troutman, and S.M. Pereira. 1985. Fish utilization patterns on temperate rubble-mound jetties in North Carolina. Bull. Mar. Sci. 36: 244-251.
  • Miller, J.M.; W.H. Neill, K.A. Duchon, and S.W. Ross. 2000. Ecophysiological determinants of secondary production in salt marshes: a simulation study. p. 315-330. In: Weinstein, M.P. and Kreeger, D.A. (eds). Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology. Kluwer Academic Press. Dordrecht, Netherlands.
  • Miltner, R.J. 1993. Influence of food and predation on the depth distribution of juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) in tidal nurseries. MS Thesis. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC. 73 p.
  • Miltner, R.J., S.W. Ross, and M.H. Posey. 1994. Influence of food and predation on the depth distribution of juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) in tidal nurseries. Canadian J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52: 971-982.
  • Munroe, T.A., R.L. Allen, D.M. Baltz, and S.W. Ross. 2000. Symphurus civitatium (Pleuroneciformes: Cynoglossidae), a second estuarine-occurring tonguefish off the southeastern United States and northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries 23(4): 439-448.
  • Necaise, A.M.D. 2000. Habitat evaluation as measured through the growth of juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, and summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus. MS Thesis. NC State Univ. Raleigh, NC. 49 p.
  • Needham, R.N. 1982. The ichthyofauna of subtidal holes in an intertidal Spartina alterniflora marsh. Unpubl. Independent Study, Dept. Biology. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • Ogburn, V.M. 1984. Feeding ecology and the role of algae in the diet of sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus Pisces: Sparidae) on two North Carolina jetties. MS Thesis, Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • Pereira, S. 1983. Comparative feeding ecology of three sparids: Diplodus holbrooki, Lagodon rhomboides, and Archosargus probatocephalus from Masonboro Inlet jetties at Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Unpublished Independent Study, Biology Dept. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • Perry, L.K. 1992. Observations on stomach and intestine contents of two benthic bottom feeding fish. Unpublished Honors Paper, Dept. Biology. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • Posey, M.H., C.P. Powell, L.B. Cahoon, and D. Lindquist. 1993. Top down vs. bottom up control of benthic community composition on an intertidal tideflat. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 185: 19-31.
  • Ross, S.W., D.A. Dalton, S. Kramer, and B.L. Christensen. 2001. Physiological (antioxidant) responses of estuarine fishes to variability in dissolved oxygen. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 130: 289-303.
  • Ross, S.W. and J.E. Lancaster. 1996. Movements of juvenile fishes using surf zone nursery habitats and the relationship of movements to beach nourishment along a North Carolina beach: Pilot project. Final Rept. to NOAA Office of Coastal Resource Management and the US Army Corps of Engineers (Wilmington District) for NOAA Award No. NA570Z0318. 31 p.
  • --------------. 2002. Movements and site fidelity of two juvenile fish species using surf zone nursery habitats along the southeastern North Carolina coast. Env. Biol. Fishes 63: 161-172.
  • Ross, S.W. and J. Ott. 2001. Development of a desktop GIS for estuarine resource evaluation with an example application for fishery habitat management. p. 229-241. In: Nishida, T., Kailola, P.J., and Hollingworth, C.E. (eds.). Proceedings of the first international symposium on geographic information systems (GIS) in fishery science (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.; 2-4 March 1999). Fishery GIS Research Group. Saitama, Japan.
  • Stanley, B. 1981. Successionality and seasonality of the reef fishes at Masonboro Inlet jetties, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Unpublished Independent Study, Dept. Biology. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • ---------. 1982. The seasonal variation of reef fishes at Masonboro Inlet jetties, Wrightsville Beach, NC. Unpublished Independent Study. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • Stokesbury, K.D.E., J.B. Bichy, and S.W. Ross. 1999. Selectivity and efficiency of two otter trawls used to assess estuarine fish and macroinvertebrate populations in North Carolina. Estuaries 22(4): 882-888.
  • Stokesbury, K.D.E. and S.W. Ross. 1997. Spatial distribution and an absolute density estimate of juvenile spot Leiostomus xanthurus in the tidal fringe bordering a North Carolina salt marsh. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 149: 289-294.
  • Thompson, W.E., III. 1996. Selective utilization of intertidal oyster beds by fishes in North Carolina with specific comparisons of length, numbers, and species richness. Unpublished Independent Study, Dept. Biology. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC. 15 p.
  • Troutma, H.E. 1982. Feeding habits and seasonal behavior of Tautoga onitis at Masonboro Jetties, Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Unpublished Honors Paper, Dept. Biology. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC.
  • Trudeau, M.A. 1992. Variations in pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) feeding according to substrate in a North Carolina estuary. Unpublished Independent Study. Dept. Biology. Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington. Wilmington, NC. 15 p.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1975. Fort Fisher and vicinity, North Carolina, final environmental impact statement. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District. Wilmington, NC.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1976. Final environmental impact statement, maintenance of Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway side channels, North Carolina. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District. Wilmington, NC.
  • U.S. Department of Commerce and North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development. 1984. Final environmental impact statement and draft management plan for the proposed Masonboro Island Component of the North Carolina National Estuarine Sanctuary. U.S. Department of Commerce. Washington, DC.
  • 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.