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Fish and Invertebrate Communities of

Piermont Marsh

David J. Yozzo, Ph.D.

Great Ecology

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Fish Habitat at Piermont Marsh

Tidal Creek

Marsh surface (remnant Spartina patens

marsh), including tidal pools/hummocks

Marsh surface (Phragmites marsh),

adjacent to tidal creek as well as marshinterior

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Fish Ecology Studies at Piermont Marsh

Hanson, S. R., D.T. Osgood, and D.J. Yozzo. 2002. Nekton use of a Phragmites australis

marsh on the Hudson River, New York. Wetlands 22:326-37.

Yozzo, D.J., and F. Ottman. 2003. New distribution records for the spotfin killifish (Fundulus

luciae Baird) in the lower Hudson River Estuary and adjacent waters. Northeastern

Naturalist 10:399-408.

Osgood, D.T., D.J. Yozzo, R.M. Chambers, S. Pianka, C. LePage and J. Lewis. 2006. Patterns

of habitat utilization by resident nekton in Phragmites and Typha marshes on the

Hudson River Estuary, New York. In: J. Waldman, K. Limburg, and D. Strayer, (eds.)

Hudson River Fishes And Their Environment.American Fisheries Society Symposium

51:151-173.

Yozzo, D.J. and D.T. Osgood. 2013. Invertebrate communities of low-salinity wetlands:

Overview and comparison between Phragmites and Typha marshes within the Hudson

River Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 36:575-584.

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Sampling Gear

Active Sampling Gear

Seines

Passive Sampling Gear

Minnow pots

Pit traps

Lift nets

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Marsh Surface Assemblage (1999 2000)

Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus

Grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugioBlue crab Callinectes sapidus

Spotfin killifish Fundulus luciae

Atlantic silverside Menidia menidia

White perch Morone americana

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Tidal Creek Assemblage (1999-2000)Atlantic silverside Menidia menidia

Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus

Grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugioBay anchovy Anchoa mitchi ll i

Blue crab Callinectes sapidus

White perch Morone americana

Striped bass Morone saxatilis

Blueback herring Alosa aest ival is

Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrixMummichog Fundulus heteroclitus

Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus

American eel Anguilla rostrata

Atlantic croaker Micropogonias undulatus

Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum

Spotfin killifish Fundulus luciae

Atlantic needlefish Strongylura marinaNorthern pipefish Syngnathus fuscus

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Spotfin Killifish

First documented occurrence of this species in

Hudson River drainage 2000

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Spotfin Killifish

Three adult females collected in seine samples and

eight juveniles collected in lift nets (NYSM 52033)

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Role of Phragmites in Structuring Fish and

Invertebrate Assemblages

Detrital Quality?

Changes in Elevation/Topography/Drainage?

Biodiversity Impacts?

Refuge/Nursery Habitat?

Invertebrate Prey Resources?

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Future Fish Ecology Studies?

Re-survey for spotfin killifish in remnant Spartina patens marsh?

Periodic monitoring of tidal creek fish assemblages?

Periodic monitoring of resident fish/invertebrates in Phragmites-dominated

marsh?

Thanks to Hudson River Foundation and Hudson River NERR for

support ing f ish ecology research at Piermont Marsh!