Table 1.
Water temperature (°C) and salinity (psu), sample size (n) and mean fork length (±SD) (in mm) of Young-Of-Year juveniles striped bass (Morone saxatilis) for 12 sites of the San Francisco Estuary (Northern California, USA) sampled monthly from August 2007 to January 2008. The different regions sampled in the Estuary (SR Sacramento River, SJR San Joaquin River, SB Suisun Bay) are also represented
| Month | Region | Site | Temperature | Salinity | n | Length ± SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | SR | 1 | 23.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 68.0 |
| 2 | 21.8 | 0.0 | 5 | 76.0 ± 8.4 | ||
| SJR | 8 | 22.9 | 0.0 | 5 | 96.0 ± 8 | |
| 9 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 112.5 ± 9.0 | ||
| S | SR | 2 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 7 | 88.4 ± 11.2 |
| 5 | 18.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 94.0 | ||
| SJR | 6 | 23.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 125.0 | |
| 9 | 19.6 | 0.0 | 8 | 130.4 ± 9.5 | ||
| SB | 12 | 18.5 | 10.2 | 15 | 110.9 ± 8.2 | |
| O | SR | 2 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 6 | 88.5 ± 10.5 |
| 4 | 16.2 | 2.8 | 3 | 83.7 ± 8.5 | ||
| SJR | 7 | 16.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 114.6 ± 9.1 | |
| 9 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 6 | 115.3 ± 6.3 | ||
| SB | 10 | 15.9 | 7 | 16 | 101.5 ± 12.6 | |
| N | SR | 2 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 93.0 |
| 3 | 12 | 0.0 | 6 | 114.3 ± 9.3 | ||
| SJR | 7 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 123.7 ± 13.9 | |
| 9 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 7 | 120.0 ± 10.0 | ||
| SB | 10 | 13.5 | 6.0 | 6 | 108.5 ± 17.6 | |
| 11 | 14.9 | 8.725 | 8 | 111.6 ± 12.2 | ||
| 12 | 15.1 | 13.4 | 13 | 96.4 ± 12.9 | ||
| D | SR | 3 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 112.5 ± 3.5 |
| SJR | 9 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.5 ± 16.5 | |
| SB | 10 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 1 | 113.0 | |
| 11 | 9.9 | 13.5 | 10 | 108.8 ± 9.3 | ||
| 12 | 9.9 | 17.2 | 14 | 129.8 ± 9.1 | ||
| J | SR | 3 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 3 | 106.7 ± 9.5 |
| SJR | 9 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 125.0 ± 21.5 | |
| SB | 11 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 4 | 122.8 ± 10.9 | |
| 12 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 5 | 105.4 ± 14.0 |