Water quality and the fish assemblages of mangrove creeks: a snapshot study shows the challenges in assessment of coastal zone management strategies.

Abstract

This report summarizes a research project which included a long term sampling of fish communities of four estuarine mangrove creeks along Charlotte Harbor, Florida's eastern shoreline. The research included comparisons of fish communities along a gradient of habitat degradation, with degradation categorization based upon observed fish density, alteration of upland habitats, and associated alterations of freshwater flows into the study creeks.