Marine forage fishes in Puget Sound
By: Dan Penttila.
Contributors: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Seattle District.; Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership.
Series: Valued ecosystem components report series; Technical report -- 2007-03; Technical report (Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership) -- 2007-03.
Publisher: Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Seattle, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Forage fishes -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound; Forage fishes -- Spawning -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound; Pacific herring -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound; Smelts -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound; Pacific sand lance -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound
Description: Forage fishes are small, schooling fishes that are key prey items for larger predatory fish and wildlife in a marine food web. In Puget Sound, forage fish species occupy every marine and estuarine nearshore habitat. Nearshore habitats are of special concern, because many species use them for spawning. This report focus on three species that commonly occur within the nearshore zone of Pacific Northwest beaches: Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi), surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus), Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus).
Notes: Cover title.

"Prepared in support of the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-22).

Also available on the Internet.