scholarly journals Danger on the rise: diurnal tidal state mediates an exchange of food for safety by the bar-bellied sea snake Hydrophis elegans

2008 ◽  
Vol 358 ◽  
pp. 289-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
MR Kerford ◽  
AJ Wirsing ◽  
MR Heithaus ◽  
LM Dill
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1986 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-112
Author(s):  
Geoffrey J. Dobb
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Toxicon ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 347-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.H. Baxter ◽  
Heather A. Gallichio
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Nature ◽  
1930 ◽  
Vol 126 (3174) ◽  
pp. 312-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORMAN SMEDLEY

Author(s):  
Richard K.F. Unsworth ◽  
James J. Bell ◽  
David J. Smith

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.


BMJ ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 2 (5304) ◽  
pp. 576-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Reid
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Coral Reefs ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 793-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Goiran ◽  
R. Shine
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2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guosheng Wu ◽  
Junjie Wang ◽  
Pengfei Luo ◽  
An Li ◽  
Song Tian ◽  
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