The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone
The Marine Protected Area in Gilbert Bay, Labrador is the first established in the subarctic coastal zone of eastern Canada. A standardized survey of the fish fauna of Gilbert Bay was initiated during the ice-free season of 2004 to provide baseline information on the fish present in water less than...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:2016 2023-10-01T03:54:04+02:00 The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone Wroblewski, Joseph S. Kryger-Hann, Leanne K. Methven, David Alan Haedrich, Richard L. 2007 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/2016/ https://research.library.mun.ca/2016/1/The_fish_fauna_of_Gilbert_Bay_Labrador_a_marine_protected_area_in_the_Canadian_subarctic_coastal_zone.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/2016/3/The_fish_fauna_of_Gilbert_Bay_Labrador_a_marine_protected_area_in_the_Canadian_subarctic_coastal_zone.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054136 en eng Cambridge University Press https://research.library.mun.ca/2016/1/The_fish_fauna_of_Gilbert_Bay_Labrador_a_marine_protected_area_in_the_Canadian_subarctic_coastal_zone.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/2016/3/The_fish_fauna_of_Gilbert_Bay_Labrador_a_marine_protected_area_in_the_Canadian_subarctic_coastal_zone.pdf Wroblewski, Joseph S. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Wroblewski=3AJoseph_S=2E_=3A=3A.html> and Kryger-Hann, Leanne K. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kryger-Hann=3ALeanne_K=2E=3A=3A.html> and Methven, David Alan <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Methven=3ADavid_Alan=3A=3A.html> and Haedrich, Richard L. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Haedrich=3ARichard_L=2E_=3A=3A.html> (2007) The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87 (2). pp. 575-587. ISSN 1469-7769 cc_by_nc Article PeerReviewed 2007 ftmemorialuniv https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054136 2023-09-03T06:44:41Z The Marine Protected Area in Gilbert Bay, Labrador is the first established in the subarctic coastal zone of eastern Canada. A standardized survey of the fish fauna of Gilbert Bay was initiated during the ice-free season of 2004 to provide baseline information on the fish present in water less than 15 m deep. Beach seines and gill-nets sampled three management zones within the bay which are afforded different levels of protection from human activity. The 25 species in 15 families recorded belong to five ecological guilds: (1) estuarine and marine fish resident in the bay; (2) anadromous species transiting the bay; (3) marine species which migrate into the bay to spawn; (4) offshore-spawning marine fish for which the bay is a nursery area; and (5) marine species which occasionally migrate into the bay to feed. Gilbert Bay lies in a transition zone between Arctic and coldtemperate biogeographical provinces, and its fish fauna is dissimilar from a cold-temperate fish assemblage described for Trinity Bay in eastern Newfoundland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Newfoundland Subarctic Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository Arctic Newfoundland Canada Gilbert Bay ENVELOPE(-55.998,-55.998,52.633,52.633) Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87 2 575 587 |
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The Marine Protected Area in Gilbert Bay, Labrador is the first established in the subarctic coastal zone of eastern Canada. A standardized survey of the fish fauna of Gilbert Bay was initiated during the ice-free season of 2004 to provide baseline information on the fish present in water less than 15 m deep. Beach seines and gill-nets sampled three management zones within the bay which are afforded different levels of protection from human activity. The 25 species in 15 families recorded belong to five ecological guilds: (1) estuarine and marine fish resident in the bay; (2) anadromous species transiting the bay; (3) marine species which migrate into the bay to spawn; (4) offshore-spawning marine fish for which the bay is a nursery area; and (5) marine species which occasionally migrate into the bay to feed. Gilbert Bay lies in a transition zone between Arctic and coldtemperate biogeographical provinces, and its fish fauna is dissimilar from a cold-temperate fish assemblage described for Trinity Bay in eastern Newfoundland. |
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Wroblewski, Joseph S. Kryger-Hann, Leanne K. Methven, David Alan Haedrich, Richard L. The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone |
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The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone |
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The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone |
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The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone |
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The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone |
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The Fish Fauna of Gilbert Bay, Labrador: a Marine Protected Area in the Canadian Subarctic Coastal Zone |
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fish fauna of gilbert bay, labrador: a marine protected area in the canadian subarctic coastal zone |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/2016/ https://research.library.mun.ca/2016/1/The_fish_fauna_of_Gilbert_Bay_Labrador_a_marine_protected_area_in_the_Canadian_subarctic_coastal_zone.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/2016/3/The_fish_fauna_of_Gilbert_Bay_Labrador_a_marine_protected_area_in_the_Canadian_subarctic_coastal_zone.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054136 |
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