Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes
Waters around South Georgia are amongst the most productive in the Southern Ocean, and support internationally important fisheries. However, there is significant inter-annual variability in fish stocks, and some species have failed to recover from historical overfishing. Dispersal and retention of t...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:16182 2023-05-15T13:45:11+02:00 Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes Young, Emma F. Rock, Jennifer Meredith, Michael P. Belchier, Mark Murphy, Eugene J. Carvalho, Gary R. 2012 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16182/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16182/1/m465p201.pdf http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v465/p201-215/ en eng Inter-Research https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16182/1/m465p201.pdf Young, Emma F. orcid:0000-0002-7069-6109 Rock, Jennifer; Meredith, Michael P. orcid:0000-0002-7342-7756 Belchier, Mark; Murphy, Eugene J. orcid:0000-0002-7369-9196 Carvalho, Gary R. 2012 Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 465. 201-215. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09908 <https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09908> Marine Sciences Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2012 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09908 2023-02-04T19:30:22Z Waters around South Georgia are amongst the most productive in the Southern Ocean, and support internationally important fisheries. However, there is significant inter-annual variability in fish stocks, and some species have failed to recover from historical overfishing. Dispersal and retention of the planktonic eggs and larvae of marine fish can play a key role in the maintenance of adult stocks. We use a numerical modelling approach to examine the influence of oceanographic and life-history variability on the dispersal and retention of 2 Antarctic fishes: Champsocephalus gunnari (mackerel icefish) and Notothenia rossii (marbled rockcod). Mean retention of N. rossii larvae was predicted to be 5.3%, considerably lower than that of C. gunnari (31.3%), a difference related to the longer planktonic period of the former. Such apparent loss of larvae from local recruitment grounds may contribute to the failure of the N. rossii population to recover from its collapse in the 1970s. However, retention of both species showed high inter-annual variability. Dispersal and retention of C. gunnari were strongly influenced by location of the spawning site, with the greatest contribution to overall retention from spawning sites on the southwest South Georgia shelf. In addition, a consistent feature in C. gunnari was a lack of larval exchange between the proximate South Georgia and Shag Rocks shelves, regions separated by only 240 km. Our findings provide insights into the demographic dynamics and connectivity of C. gunnari and N. rossii populations at South Georgia in relation to prospects for recovery and ongoing responses to environmental variability and change in the region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Icefish Marbled rockcod Notothenia rossii Southern Ocean Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Shag Rocks ENVELOPE(-42.033,-42.033,-53.550,-53.550) Southern Ocean Marine Ecology Progress Series 465 201 215 |
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Waters around South Georgia are amongst the most productive in the Southern Ocean, and support internationally important fisheries. However, there is significant inter-annual variability in fish stocks, and some species have failed to recover from historical overfishing. Dispersal and retention of the planktonic eggs and larvae of marine fish can play a key role in the maintenance of adult stocks. We use a numerical modelling approach to examine the influence of oceanographic and life-history variability on the dispersal and retention of 2 Antarctic fishes: Champsocephalus gunnari (mackerel icefish) and Notothenia rossii (marbled rockcod). Mean retention of N. rossii larvae was predicted to be 5.3%, considerably lower than that of C. gunnari (31.3%), a difference related to the longer planktonic period of the former. Such apparent loss of larvae from local recruitment grounds may contribute to the failure of the N. rossii population to recover from its collapse in the 1970s. However, retention of both species showed high inter-annual variability. Dispersal and retention of C. gunnari were strongly influenced by location of the spawning site, with the greatest contribution to overall retention from spawning sites on the southwest South Georgia shelf. In addition, a consistent feature in C. gunnari was a lack of larval exchange between the proximate South Georgia and Shag Rocks shelves, regions separated by only 240 km. Our findings provide insights into the demographic dynamics and connectivity of C. gunnari and N. rossii populations at South Georgia in relation to prospects for recovery and ongoing responses to environmental variability and change in the region. |
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Young, Emma F. Rock, Jennifer Meredith, Michael P. Belchier, Mark Murphy, Eugene J. Carvalho, Gary R. |
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Young, Emma F. Rock, Jennifer Meredith, Michael P. Belchier, Mark Murphy, Eugene J. Carvalho, Gary R. |
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Young, Emma F. |
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Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes |
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Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes |
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Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes |
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Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes |
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Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes |
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physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two antarctic fishes |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16182/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16182/1/m465p201.pdf http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v465/p201-215/ |
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ENVELOPE(-42.033,-42.033,-53.550,-53.550) |
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Antarctic Shag Rocks Southern Ocean |
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Antarctic Shag Rocks Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Icefish Marbled rockcod Notothenia rossii Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Icefish Marbled rockcod Notothenia rossii Southern Ocean |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16182/1/m465p201.pdf Young, Emma F. orcid:0000-0002-7069-6109 Rock, Jennifer; Meredith, Michael P. orcid:0000-0002-7342-7756 Belchier, Mark; Murphy, Eugene J. orcid:0000-0002-7369-9196 Carvalho, Gary R. 2012 Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 465. 201-215. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09908 <https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09908> |
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