Enhanced biodiversity and abundance of benthic invertebrate macrofauna in a New Zealand marine reserve

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1854-1867
Author(s):  
H. Lee Mello ◽  
Abigail M. Smith ◽  
Anna C. L. Wood ◽  
Emily J. Tidey
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Marine Reserve ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate

Mass mortality of a dominant kelp (Laminariales) at Goat Island, north-eastern New Zealand

1996 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 907 ◽  
Author(s):  
RG Cole ◽  
RC Babcock
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Marine Reserve ◽  
Kelp Forest ◽  
Austral Summer ◽  
Mass Mortality ◽  
Ecklonia Radiata ◽  
Rocky Reefs ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Mass Mortalities

In north-eastern New Zealand, monospecific stands of the laminarian Ecklonia radiata occupy rocky reefs at depths below 10 m on exposed shores. In the austral summer of 1992-93, mass mortalities of populations of E. radiata in the Cape Rodney to Okakari Point Marine Reserve near Leigh were recorded, in which 40-100% of the sporophytes at depths greater than 10 m died. Mortality was gradual, beginning with erosion of the laminae and ultimately progressing to the stipes, which eventually decayed. The mortality was first evident in the deepest plants and culminated in the elimination of large areas of kelp forest. The event was not associated with any previously reported mortality agents. Investigations of the effects of the mortality on other organisms are continuing.

Potential influence of shells on multibeam backscatter imagery within the Te Matuku Marine Reserve, New Zealand

2008 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 3212-3212
Author(s):  
Alexandre C. Schimel ◽  
David Johnson ◽  
Terry Healy ◽  
Peter J. McComb ◽  
Brett Beamsley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Marine Reserve ◽  
Potential Influence

The Value of a Spillover Fishery for Spiny Lobsters Around a Marine Reserve in Northern New Zealand

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kelly ◽  
D. Scott ◽  
A. B. MacDiarmid
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Marine Reserve ◽  
Spiny Lobsters

Temporal and spatial variability of zoobenthos recruitment in a north-east Atlantic marine reserve

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (7) ◽  
pp. 1367-1376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Ronowicz ◽  
Piotr Kukliński ◽  
Kate Lock ◽  
Philip B. Newman ◽  
Mark Burton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marine Reserve ◽  
Larval Settlement ◽  
Benthic Invertebrate ◽  
Life Strategy ◽  
Recruitment Pattern ◽  
Marine Fauna ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
North East ◽  
Macrofaunal Species ◽  
Artificial Surface

Submerged artificial surface imitates newly available habitat for settlement of marine fauna. It also enables study of the timing of benthic larval settlement. Such knowledge is important if the model of possible recovery after disturbance in protected areas is to be assessed. During this study recruitment of sessile benthic invertebrate fauna at spatial and temporal scales was investigated using artificial panels submerged in the Skomer Marine Nature Reserve (Wales, UK). Panels were exchanged monthly between May 2009 and September 2011 (with the exclusion of winter time). Recruitment was highly variable with regard to time and distribution; abundance and number of recruiting species varied significantly between sites (about 2 km apart from each other), depths (6 and 12 m), position on panels (top or underside) and years without any obvious trends. The highest number of individuals and highest values of species richness were at Bernies Rocks, at the greater depth and on the underside surface of panels. Bryozoans were the dominant taxon on panels in each studied year and month. Most macrofaunal species noted on panels exhibit a colonial life strategy with short-lived, non-feeding larval stage. Although many species settle all year round, levels of settlement usually peak in summer months, showing a seasonal recruitment pattern (Bugula fulva, Spirobranchus triqueter, Chorizopora brongniartiandEscharoides coccinea). Some species had a pronounced settlement peak in spring (e.g.Electra pilosaandBalanus crenatus).

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