Trap sampling was used to survey the relative abundance of juvenile fish and invertebrates near three habitats including an off‐bottom oyster cage farm (cage farm), a traditional on‐bottom oyster culture area (shell bottom), and a natural cobble and boulder reef (rock reef) in a coastal embayment in Long Island Sound near Milford, Connecticut. Ten traps, deployed on two subsites within each habitat (20/habitat), were allowed to soak for ~24 hours, two to three times per week, from June through September 2016. The assemblages of juvenile finfish appeared to be similar on the cage farm and rock reef, while the composition of the invertebrate community was more variable among the three habitats. These preliminary observations suggest that oyster cage farms may provide functional habitat that is populated by structure‐oriented finfish communities similar to those that are found on natural rock reefs in Long Island Sound.

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长岛湾牡蛎养殖和礁石栖息地的大型动物群

陷阱取样用于调查三个生境附近的幼鱼和无脊椎动物的相对丰度，这些生境包括一个底牡蛎笼养殖场（笼养场），一个传统的底牡蛎养殖区（壳底）以及一个天然的卵石和巨石礁（礁石）在康涅狄格州米尔福德附近的长岛海湾沿岸海域。从2016年6月至2016年9月，在每个栖息地（20个/栖息地）的两个子站点上部署的十个捕捞器被允许浸泡约24小时，每周浸泡2至3次，每周两次至三次。农场和礁石，而在这三个栖息地中无脊椎动物群落的组成变化更大。