(Anderson, 1957; Anderson, 1958; Gunter, 1945; 

 Guest and Gunter, 1958; Gunter and Christmas, 

 1960; Frisbie, 1961; Fields, 1962; Springer and 

 Woodburn, 1960; and Rathbun, 1930), and (3) 

 personal communication (Bonnie Eldred — Florida 

 State Marine Laboratory, St. Petersburg, Fla. 

 and George H. Rees — Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C.). 

 Specimens were preserved in 10 percent 

 formalin, and fish were measured to the nearest 

 millimeter in standard length. The carapace of 

 crabs (width) and shrimp (length) was measured 

 by micrometer to the nearest one-tenth millimeter. 



SUMMARIZED DATA 



Fish and crustaceans from all stations and gear 

 were classified as immature or adult to aid in 

 assessing the utilization and dependency of each 

 species on the estuary during early life. Although 

 some adults were captured — and Tampa Bay sport 

 fisheries take large numbers of them — specimens in 

 sampling gear were limited largely to small forms. 

 Size ranges and occurrence by section of Tampa 

 Bay were noted (tables 2-5). 



Trawl and seine catches of the commercially 

 important finfish, shrimp, and crabs were compiled 



Table 2. — Size by season of commercial species of fish and crustaceans in Lower Tampa Bay — Area I, December 1961- 



November 1962 



•From Springer and Woodburn (1960). 



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