©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.This dataset includes results from the dissection of stomach contents of fish caught from a yearly seine survey (May-October) conducted by Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL). The fish were kept based on morphology, where those that could physically consume a mysid shrimp were kept and frozen to be dissected at a later date. The dissection data include the individual fish identification number, date the fish was caught, location fish was caught, species of fish, total length of fish, full and...
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Samples came from an area adjacent to Chesapeake Biological Laboratory's research pier near the mouth of the Patuxent River of Chesapeake Bay, Solomons, Maryland, USA. The waters of the sampled area are 0.5-2 meters deep. The salinity here ranges from 8.8 to 18, with water temperature ranging from 3.3° to 28° C . The benthic habitat is primarily flat sandy bottom, with a mixture of small rocks, shell hash, and occasional Rupia maritima seagrass beds.
The fish were collected using a 30.0 × 1.2 meter (m) beach seine with 6.0 millimeter (mm) mesh. We fully deployed the seine perpendicular from shore and swept in a quarter circle back to shore. The survey began in May 2022 and ended in October 2022, on a ~weekly basis. Data in this dataset are from only August to October. Fish that were kept were separated in a container and brought in at the end of sampling to be frozen until dissected.
Collins, L. D., Wilberg, M., Woodland, R. J. (2025) Stomach dissection results from fish caught in Chesapeake Biological Laboratory's seine survey in Summer 2022. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-10-22 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.986256.1 [access date]
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