Abstract
Young-of-the-year spotted hake,Urophycis regius were present in the York River and lower Chesapeake Bay between March and June when the bottom water temperatures were from 6.5 to 25.0 C. Hake were not found in waters of less than 7 ‰ salinity and were caught at progressively higher salinities as the upriver water temperature increased above 18 C. In April, fish upriver were larger than those downriver.
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Barans, C.A. Spotted hake,Urophycis regius, of the York River and lower Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Science 13, 59–62 (1972). https://doi.org/10.2307/1350552
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