Small, numerous nektonic species such as Fundulus spp.
Data result from three field components, two of which have been completed.
Invertebrates were quantified at this site with a 7.6 cm diameter core sampler in a separate study, conducted simultaneously. Vector nekton were quantified with a 1.48 m diameter drop ring deployed from a boom mounted on a boat. The collected data will be used to calculate secondary production of the macrofaunal and vector nekton assemblages in each habitat type. Pathways of feeding and biomass flux between habitats and between trophic groups will also be identified and discretely quantified. The information gathered will then be used to quantify and detail a dynamic budget model of energy flow which will describe trophic energy transfer between marsh invertebrates, marsh nekton vectors, and larger fish predators.