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Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission. 1971. Cooperative Gulf of 

 Mexico estuarine inventory and study, Louisiana. 2 vols. 



The study represents a portion of the larger Cooperative Gulf of 

 Mexico Estuarine Inventory and Study, which was done in cooperation 

 with National Marine Fisheries Service and was conducted in the Gulf 

 Coast states--Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. 



The first volume contains the sections devoted to area description 

 and biology, phase 1 and phase 4, respectively. The second volume 

 contains phase 2 and phase 3 of the study and deals with hydrology and 

 sedimentology. 



The basic data of the area description phase involved the following: 

 (1) vegetation type mapping; (2) calculations of surface water acreage 

 and water volume of the coastal zone; (3) fresh water discharged into 

 the estuarine zone; (4) public, private, and artificial shell reefs, 

 which would indicate the distribution and abundance of the oyster 

 resources; (5) population statistics of the estuarine zone; (6) sources 

 of pollution; and (7) an economic appraisal of the importance of the 

 commercial fishery. 



The biology phase is composed of two sections: (1) fishes and 

 invertebrates collected in trawls and seines, and (2) zooplankton 

 A total of 100 species of fishes and 19 species of invertebrates were 

 collected. Areal and seasonal distribution of these species is discussed, 

 Data on historical commercial fisheries are presented. Zooplankton 

 results indicated a spring and fall maximum in the study area. Total 

 counts ranged from a minimum of 116 per lOO/m^ to a maximum of 377,393 

 per lOO/m^. (A. A. and B.W.) 



Keywords: coastal marshes, estuarine areas, fisheries, zooplankton, 

 Louisiana 



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Crance, J.H. 1971. Description of Alabama estuarine areas--cooperative 



Gulf of Mexico estuarine inventory. Alabama Marine Resources Bulletin 



No. 6. 85 pp. 



This study represents a portion of the larger Cooperative Gulf of 

 Mexico Estuarine Inventory and Study, which was done in cooperation with 

 the National Marine Fisheries Service and was conducted in the Gulf 

 Coast states--Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. 



The physical characteristics of Alabama estuarine areas are presented. 

 The importance of estuaries as nursery areas for marine species and for 



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