Growth and temperature relationships for juvenile fish species in seagrass beds: implications of climate change

2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Booth ◽  
D. E. Poulos ◽  
J. Poole ◽  
D. A. Feary
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Seagrass Beds

scholarly journals Patterns of small fish distributions in seagrass beds in a temperate Australian estuary

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 1297-1307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane E. Jelbart ◽  
Pauline M. Ross ◽  
Rod M. Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Small Fish ◽  
Seagrass Beds ◽  
Estuary Mouth ◽  
Seagrass Cover ◽  
Australian Estuary ◽  
Continuous Beds ◽  
Zostera Capricorni

Beds of the seagrass Zostera capricorni are an integral part of the estuarine landscape along the east coast of Australia, forming an important habitat for juvenile fish. Seagrass beds can vary in their size, shape and patchiness of seagrass cover as well as their distance from the estuary mouth. We tested for a correlation between these features and small fish assemblages in seagrass. Fifteen beds were selected from three size-categories (small, 980 to 2300 m2; medium, 3375 to 4090 m2; and large, 5335 to 6630 m2). We found that the size of beds, the patchiness of seagrass cover and location within the estuary (distance from estuary mouth) were all related to differences in fish assemblages. There were greater densities of fish species in small (10.3 ±0.79 species .net-1) compared to medium (7.6 ±0.6) and large (8.2 ±0.5) beds. This occurred regardless of bed placement within the estuary, its patchiness or time of sampling (day and night). The fish assemblages within seagrass beds also changed as bed distance to estuary mouth increased. Six species had greater densities in beds closer to the estuary mouth, while only two species were in greater densities far from the mouth. Fish assemblages were different between beds with patchy and continuous cover, although total densities of all fish species combined were similar. There were greater densities of four species in continuous beds compared to two species that were greater in patchy beds. Overall, an important finding was that even small patchy seagrass beds contain greater densities of small fish species than larger beds with continuous seagrass cover.

Distribution of seagrasses, and their fish and penaeid prawn communities, in Cairns harbour, a tropical estuary, Northern Queensland, Australia

1993 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 193 ◽  
Author(s):  
RG Coles ◽  
WJ Lee Long ◽  
RA Watson ◽  
KJ Derbyshire
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Shoot Density ◽  
Seagrass Beds ◽  
Commercial Fish ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Commercial Species ◽  
Zostera Capricorni

From aerial photography (July 1987) and diving surveys (February 1988), 876 ha of seagrasses (eight species) were mapped in Cairns Harbour, tropical north-eastern Queensland. Zostera capricorni was the most common seagrass species and had the greatest biomass at 79 g m-2 dry weight of stems and leaves and 180 g m-2 dry weight of roots and rhizomes. The maximum shoot density found was 4798 shoots m-2 of Halodule pinifolia, the second most common species. Seagrasses were found only between 0.5 and 5.0 m below mean sea level. Zostera capricorni was found at the shallowest depths, Halodule pinifolia at the deepest depths. Twenty species of penaeid prawns, nine of which are marketed commercially, were sampled from the seagrass beds. Abundances of prawns of commercial species were significantly greater on seagrass-covered substrata than on nonvegetated substrata. Overall, 5614 mostly small or juvenile fish, representing 134 taxa, were sampled from seagrasses in Cairns Harbour. The most numerous fish species were a goby, Yongeichthys criniger, and a pony fish, Leiognathus splendens. Only 15 species were highly valued as recreational fish, and only 11 species were highly valued as commercial fish. Of the fish species, five (4%) were highly valued species of both groups. The density of fish on the seagrass beds was estimated to be 8809 fish ha-1.

scholarly journals Advances in Egyptian Mediterranean Coast Climate Change Monitoring

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 1870
Author(s):  
Matteo Gentilucci ◽  
Abdelraouf A. Moustafa ◽  
Fagr Kh. Abdel-Gawad ◽  
Samira R. Mansour ◽  
Maria Rosaria Coppola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Homogeneity Test ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Climate Trends ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Lessepsian Species

This paper characterizes non-indigenous fish species (NIS) and analyses both atmospheric and sea surface temperatures for the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1991 to 2020, in relation to previous reports in the same areas. Taxonomical characterization depicts 47 NIS from the Suez Canal (Lessepsian/alien) and 5 from the Atlantic provenance. GenBank accession number of the NIS mitochondrial gene, cytochrome oxidase 1, reproductive and commercial biodata, and a schematic Inkscape drawing for the most harmful Lessepsian species were reported. For sea surface temperatures (SST), an increase of 1.2 °C to 1.6 °C was observed using GIS software. The lack of linear correlation between annual air temperature and annual SST at the same detection points (Pearson r) could suggest a difference in submarine currents, whereas the Pettitt homogeneity test highlights a temperature breakpoint in 2005–2006 that may have favoured the settlement of non-indigenous fauna in the coastal sites of Damiette, El Arish, El Hammam, Alexandria, El Alamain, and Mersa Matruh, while there seems to be a breakpoint present in 2001 for El Sallum. This assessment of climate trends is in good agreement with the previous sightings of non-native fish species. New insights into the assessment of Egyptian coastal climate change are discussed.

scholarly journals Can we predict the future: juvenile finfish and their seagrass nurseries in the Chesapeake Bay

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Seagrass Habitat ◽  
Important Conclusion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Landscape Level

Abstract The importance of estuarine seagrass beds as nurseries for juvenile fish has become a universal paradigm, especially for estuaries that are as important as the Chesapeake Bay. Yet, scientific tests of this hypothesis were equivocal depending on species, location, and metrics. Moreover, seagrasses themselves are under threat and one-third of seagrasses have disappeared worldwide with 65% of their losses occurring in estuaries. Although there have been extensive studies of seagrasses in the Chesapeake Bay, surprisingly few studies have quantified the relationship between seagrass as nurseries for finfish in the Bay. Of the few studies that have directly evaluated the use of seagrass nurseries, most have concentrated on single species or were of short duration. Few landscape-level or long-term studies have examined this relationship in the Bay or explored the potential effect of climate change. This review paper summarizes the seagrass habitat value as nurseries and presents recent juvenile fish studies that address the dearth of research at the long term and landscape level with an emphasis on the Chesapeake Bay. An important conclusion upon the review of these studies is that predicting the effects of climate change on fishery production remains uncertain.

scholarly journals Acclimatization to high-variance habitats does not enhance physiological tolerance of two key Caribbean corals to future temperature and pH

2016 ◽  
Vol 283 (1831) ◽  
pp. 20160442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma F. Camp ◽  
David J. Smith ◽  
Chris Evenhuis ◽  
Ian Enochs ◽  
Derek Manzello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Seagrass Beds ◽  
Metabolic Rates ◽  
Acropora Palmata ◽  
Climate Scenarios ◽  
Environmental Variance ◽  
Outer Reef ◽  
Porites Astreoides ◽  
Physiological Tolerance

Corals are acclimatized to populate dynamic habitats that neighbour coral reefs. Habitats such as seagrass beds exhibit broad diel changes in temperature and pH that routinely expose corals to conditions predicted for reefs over the next 50–100 years. However, whether such acclimatization effectively enhances physiological tolerance to, and hence provides refuge against, future climate scenarios remains unknown. Also, whether corals living in low-variance habitats can tolerate present-day high-variance conditions remains untested. We experimentally examined how pH and temperature predicted for the year 2100 affects the growth and physiology of two dominant Caribbean corals ( Acropora palmata and Porites astreoides ) native to habitats with intrinsically low (outer-reef terrace, LV) and/or high (neighbouring seagrass, HV) environmental variance. Under present-day temperature and pH, growth and metabolic rates (calcification, respiration and photosynthesis) were unchanged for HV versus LV populations. Superimposing future climate scenarios onto the HV and LV conditions did not result in any enhanced tolerance to colonies native to HV. Calcification rates were always lower for elevated temperature and/or reduced pH. Together, these results suggest that seagrass habitats may not serve as refugia against climate change if the magnitude of future temperature and pH changes is equivalent to neighbouring reef habitats.

scholarly journals Intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance differs between tropical and temperate fishes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. H. Nati ◽  
M. B. S. Svendsen ◽  
S. Marras ◽  
S. S. Killen ◽  
J. F. Steffensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Thermal Tolerance ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Temperate Species ◽  
Tropical Species ◽  
Upper Thermal Tolerance

AbstractHow ectothermic animals will cope with global warming is a critical determinant of the ecological impacts of climate change. There has been extensive study of upper thermal tolerance limits among fish species but how intraspecific variation in tolerance may be affected by habitat characteristics and evolutionary history has not been considered. Intraspecific variation is a primary determinant of species vulnerability to climate change, with implications for global patterns of impacts of ongoing warming. Using published critical thermal maximum (CTmax) data on 203 fish species, we found that intraspecific variation in upper thermal tolerance varies according to a species’ latitude and evolutionary history. Overall, tropical species show a lower intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance than temperate species. Notably, freshwater tropical species have a lower variation in tolerance than freshwater temperate species, which implies increased vulnerability to impacts of thermal stress. The extent of variation in CTmax among fish species has a strong phylogenetic signal, which may indicate a constraint on evolvability to rising temperatures in tropical fishes. That is, in addition to living closer to their upper thermal limits, tropical species may have higher sensitivity and lower adaptability to global warming compared to temperate counterparts. This is evidence that freshwater tropical fish communities, worldwide, are especially vulnerable to ongoing climate change.

scholarly journals Juvenile fish in Cystoseira forests: influence of habitat complexity and depth on fish behaviour and assemblage composition

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
AMALIA CUADROS ◽  
JOAN MORANTA ◽  
LUIS CARDONA ◽  
PIERRE THIRIET ◽  
PATRICE FRANCOUR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Habitat Complexity ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Juvenile Fish ◽  
The Body ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Canopy Volume

The sublittoral forests formed by the fucoid algae Cystoseira spp. are important juvenile habitats for many Mediterranean fish species. However, the spatial variability of juvenile fish assemblages within the forests and the potential environmental drivers, such as depth and habitat complexity, remain poorly understood. We estimated densities, sizes and behaviours of juvenile fish assemblages in subtidal (0-15 meters) Cystoseira brachycarpa var. balearica forests in north Minorca Island (North-western Mediterranean Sea) over two consecutive autumns (2012 and 2013). Depth and forest complexity, here measured as canopy volume, had both a significant and independent effect on the juvenile fish assemblages in terms of species abundance composition and body size. Assemblages found in the shallowest depth range (3-4m) were characterized by greater densities of the ornate wrasse Thalassoma pavo, while those deeper (10-12m) had higher densities of the rainbow wrasse Coris julis, independently of its size composition. Juveniles of both species were more abundant in less complex forests; conversely juveniles of wrasses of the genus Symphodus were more abundant in more complex forests. The smallest sizes of T. pavo occurred in the most complex forests. On the other hand, our results demonstrated that juvenile fish behaviours were unrelated to the complexity of the Cystoseira forests but mainly related to the body length. The effects of body length on behaviour were however species dependent. Cryptic and transitory behaviours were mostly observed in the smallest and largest juveniles of T. pavo and C. julis, respectively, while the behaviour of Symphodus spp. was unrelated to their body length. Our study emphasises the importance of preserving healthy Cystoseira forests and their intrinsic patchy nature, as this habitat, with its mosaic of different complexity degrees and bathymetrical variability, enable the presence of different fish species at various life stages.

scholarly journals Effects of climate change in the seas of China: Predicted changes in the distribution of fish species and diversity

2022 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 108489
Author(s):  
Wenjia Hu ◽  
Jianguo Du ◽  
Shangke Su ◽  
Hongjian Tan ◽  
Wen Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Distribution Of Fish

Studi Komparatif Komunitas Ikan Padang Lamun Pada Bulan Perbani Awal Dan Perbani Akhir Di Perairan Loleo Kecamatan Weda Selatan Kabupaten Halmahera Tengah

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farjan Kaeli, Riyadi Subur Dan Salim Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Fish Communities ◽  
Seagrass Beds ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Siganus Canaliculatus ◽  
Sphyraena Barracuda ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The Village

ABSTRAK            Ikan memanfaatkan padang lamun sebagai habitatnya, ada yang hidup menetap dan adapula yang berkunjung ke padang lamun hanya untuk mencari makan atau untuk memijah, sebagai tempat untuk berlindung. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui jumlah dan jenis ikan padang lamun yang tertangkap pada bulan perbani awal dan perbani akhir di Perairan Desa Loleo,mengetahui struktur komunitas ikan padang lamun yang tertangkap pada bulan perbani awal dan perbani akhir dan untuk mengetahui perbandingan komunitas ikan padang lamun yang tertangkap pada bulan perbani awal dan perbani akhir di Perairan Desa Loleo. Hasil penelitian diperoleh komposisi jenis ikan pada bulan perbani awal sebanyak 14 jenis yaitu Caranx ignobilis, Caranx melampygus, Alectis ciliaris, Selar crumenophthalmus, Choerodon anchorago, Cheilio inermis, Lethrinus microdon, Mulloidichthys flavolineatu, Gerres acinaces    Bleeker, Siganus spinu, Siganus canaliculatus, Siganus doliatus, Hemiramphus sp, Balistoides viridescens. Sedangkan ikan pada bulan perbani akhir sebanyak 8 jenis yaitu Sphyraena barracuda, Siganus canaliculatus, Siganus doliatus, Zanclus cornutus, Lethrinus miniatus, Moolgarda seheli, Hemiramphus sp, Amanses scopas. Keanekaragaman jenis baik ikan yang tertangkap pada bulan perbani awal dan perbani akhir tergolong sedang, dan tidak ada jenis yang mendominansi serta penyebaran jenisnya sangat merata. Rata-rata hasil tangkapan antara bulan perbani awal dan perbani akhir memiliki perbedaan dan rata-rata hasil tangkapan terbanyak adalah pada bulan perbani awal. Kata Kunci : Komunitas, Ikan, Perbani Awal, Perbani Akhir, Padang Lamun.ABSTRACT                 Fish utilize seagrass beds as habitat, there were sedentary and those that visit to seagrass beds only to find food or to spawn, as a place of refuge. The purpose of this study was to determine the number and type of fish seagrass caught in neap beginning and neap end in Water Village Loleo, know the community structure of seagrass beds had been arrested in neap beginning and neap end and to compare the fish communities of seagrass caught in neap neap beginning and ending at the village Aquatic Loleo. The results obtained by the composition of fish species in neap early as 14 types of Caranx ignobilis, Caranx melampygus, Alectis ciliaris, scad crumenophthalmus, Choerodon anchorago, Cheilio inermis, Lethrinus microdon, Mulloidichthys flavolineatu, Gerres acinaces Bleeker, Siganus spinu, Siganus canaliculatus, Siganus doliatus, Hemiramphus sp, Balistoides viridescens. While the fish in neap late as 8 types of Sphyraena barracuda, Siganus canaliculatus, Siganus doliatus, Zanclus cornutus, Lethrinus miniatus, Moolgarda seheli, Hemiramphus sp, Amanses scopas. Good species diversity of fish caught in neap neap beginning and end is classified, and no kind mendominansi and very uneven spread of its kind. The average catches between the moon neap neap early and late have differences and average catches neap most was in the beginning. Keywords: Community, Fish, Early neap, neap End, Seagrass. 

Community Ecology of Stream Fishes: Concepts, Approaches, and Techniques

2010 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Consensus Method ◽  
Stream Fish ◽  
Emission Scenarios ◽  
Distribution Models

<em>Abstract</em>.—Stream fish are expected to be influenced by climate change as they are ectothermic animals living in lotic systems. Using fish presence–absence records in 1,110 stream sites across France, our study aimed at (1) modeling current and future distributions of 35 stream fish species, (2) using an ensemble forecasting approach (i.e., several general circulation models [GCM] × greenhouse gas emission scenarios [GES] × statistical species distribution models [SDM] combinations) to quantify the variability in the future fish species distribution due to each component, and (3) assessing the potential impacts of climate change on fish species distribution and assemblage structure by using a consensus method that accounted for the variability in future projections.

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