Community structure of fishes attracted to shallow water fish aggregation devices off South Carolina, U.S.A.

1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney A. Rountree
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Community Structure ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Water Fish ◽  
Fish Aggregation

Tidal fish connectivity of reef and sea grass habitats in the Indo-Pacific

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 1287-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard K.F. Unsworth ◽  
James J. Bell ◽  
David J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
National Park ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Subsistence Fisheries ◽  
Tidal State ◽  
Sea Grass ◽  
Water Fish ◽  
Tidal Changes ◽  
Near Shore

The present study considered the influence of the tide on shallow water fish assemblages within the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia. Timed underwater visual observations were made across a gradient of intertidal to subtidal habitats from near-shore to reef crest at different tidal heights. Transient fish were found to dominate shallow water fish assemblages and the assemblage composition varied with tidal state. Fish assemblages were more diverse and abundant at higher tides in both coral and sea grass habitats, however, this was more pronounced within sea grass habitats. A tidal reduction from ≈2.0m to ≈0.8m (above chart datum) corresponded to a 30% reduction in fish abundance, while species richness also significantly decreased from 13.5 to 10.8 species per standardized timed observation. Fifty fish groups were reported from sea grass habitats with the most abundant being from the Engraulidae family and Lethrinus harak, which form important local subsistence fisheries. This research confirms the importance of tidal changes in structuring the fish fauna of Indonesian sea grass habitats and underlines the connectivity that exists between these habitats and nearby coral reefs.

scholarly journals Comparison of 1982–1983 and 1997–1998 El Niño effects on the shallow-water fish assemblage of the Patos Lagoon estuary (Brazil)

Estuaries ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 905-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Garcia ◽  
J. P. Vieira ◽  
K. O. Winemiller ◽  
A. M. Grimm
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
El Niño ◽  
Fish Assemblage ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Patos Lagoon ◽  
Water Fish ◽  
Patos Lagoon Estuary

scholarly journals High complexity of aquatic irradiance may have driven the evolution of four-dimensional colour vision in shallow-water fish

2013 ◽  
Vol 216 (9) ◽  
pp. 1670-1682 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sabbah ◽  
N. F. Troje ◽  
S. M. Gray ◽  
C. W. Hawryshyn
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Colour Vision ◽  
High Complexity ◽  
Water Fish

Synthesizing Shallow-Water Geophysical Data for Shoreline Evolution Models: Shallow Coastal Stratigraphy Workshop; Conway, South Carolina, 9–10 July 2008

Eos ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (41) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Miselis ◽  
Paul T. Gayes ◽  
Jesse McNinch ◽  
John Goff ◽  
Antonio Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Shoreline Evolution

Diel catch variations in a shallow-water fish assemblage at Duće Glava, eastern Adriatic (Croatian Coast)

2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 659-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakov Dulčić ◽  
Megan Fencil ◽  
Sanja Matić-Skoko ◽  
Miro Kraljević ◽  
Branko Glamuzina
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Sandy Beach ◽  
Similarity Index ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Water Fish ◽  
Mullus Surmuletus ◽  
Sarpa Salpa ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Lithognathus Mormyrus ◽  
Number Of Individuals

An assemblage of shallow-water fish was sampled with a small beach seine over monthly 24-h periods between April 2000 and March 2001 at the sandy beach Duće Glava in the eastern Adriatic. Monthly sets of samples were divided into day and night catches to examine the stability of diel differences in assemblage structure over a 1-y period. A total of 61 species was caught, of which six were exclusively diurnal and 12 were nocturnal. According to abundance and biomass of individuals during day and night, the most abundant species were categorized into several groups. Ophidion rochei was exclusively nocturnal, while Nerophis ophidion and Echiichthys vipera were mostly nocturnal. Diplodus annularis and Mullus surmuletus were slightly nocturnal. Diplodus vulgaris, Pomatoschistus marmoratus and Atherina boyeri lacked a diel pattern. Sardina pilchardus, Lithognathus mormyrus, Atherina hepsetus, Sarpa salpa and Mullus surmuletus abundance peaked for a few months, probably related to timing of spawning and recruitment. At the assemblage level, the diel per cent similarity index indicates that there were major differences between the day and night assemblages in April, September, March, and August with respect to number of individuals and September, October, May and March with respect to biomass.

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