Long-Term Change of Demersal Fish Assemblages on the Inshore Agulhas Bank Between 1904 and 2015

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jock C. Currie, Lara J. Atkinson, Kerry J. Sink, Colin G. Attwood
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: historical baselines; trawl surveys; demersal communities; Agulhas Bank; long-term change; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; White Sea; Hake; spiny dogfish
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00355; https://doaj.org/article/2fc5600620834718bfe3739b22c03528

Without baseline data from near pristine assemblages, measures of ecosystem change may be significantly underestimated. A unique historical dataset provided an opportunity to investigate long-term change in demersal fish assemblages of South Africa’s inshore trawl grounds. Three sites surveyed over...