Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus)
Settlement is the last stage of high mortality in the life cycle of demersal marine fishes, making the number of larvae that successfully settle to a benthic habitat a predictor of future population size. Habitat selection is an active settlement process for coral reef fishes, however, there has bee...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/679e65de-2f9e-4619-86d4-8ab5930ef841 2024-06-23T07:56:25+00:00 Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus) Havel, L.N. Fuiman, L.A. Ojanguren, Alfredo Fernandez 2015-09-17 application/pdf https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/benthic-habitat-properties-can-delay-settlement-in-an-estuarine-fish-sciaenops-ocellatus(679e65de-2f9e-4619-86d4-8ab5930ef841).html https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00639 https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/7666/1/Ojanguren_2015_AB_Benthic_CC.pdf eng eng https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/benthic-habitat-properties-can-delay-settlement-in-an-estuarine-fish-sciaenops-ocellatus(679e65de-2f9e-4619-86d4-8ab5930ef841).html info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Havel , L N , Fuiman , L A & Ojanguren , A F 2015 , ' Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus) ' , Aquatic Biology , vol. 24 , no. 2 , pp. 81-90 . https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00639 Habitat preference Substrate Seagrass Red drum article 2015 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00639 2024-06-13T00:49:49Z Settlement is the last stage of high mortality in the life cycle of demersal marine fishes, making the number of larvae that successfully settle to a benthic habitat a predictor of future population size. Habitat selection is an active settlement process for coral reef fishes, however, there has been less research about settlement in other ecosystems. This study used laboratory and field experiments to examine the relationship between size and settlement over various substrates in red drum Sciaenops ocellatus, a temperate and subtropical estuarine species. In the laboratory, vertical position of fish (4.3 to 40.0 mm standard length [SL]) was recorded in the presence of sand, oyster shells, or seagrass to determine median settlement size. Median settlement size was 12.9 mm SL for seagrass, 15.8 mm SL for sand, and 20.5 mm SL for oyster shells. To determine the size at which fish settle in the wild, vertically partitioned field enclosures were used to separate individuals (5.2 to 37.3 mm SL) in the water column (>16 cm from the sediment) from those in the seagrass ( Article in Journal/Newspaper Red drum Sciaenops ocellatus University of St Andrews: Research Portal Aquatic Biology 24 2 81 90 |
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Settlement is the last stage of high mortality in the life cycle of demersal marine fishes, making the number of larvae that successfully settle to a benthic habitat a predictor of future population size. Habitat selection is an active settlement process for coral reef fishes, however, there has been less research about settlement in other ecosystems. This study used laboratory and field experiments to examine the relationship between size and settlement over various substrates in red drum Sciaenops ocellatus, a temperate and subtropical estuarine species. In the laboratory, vertical position of fish (4.3 to 40.0 mm standard length [SL]) was recorded in the presence of sand, oyster shells, or seagrass to determine median settlement size. Median settlement size was 12.9 mm SL for seagrass, 15.8 mm SL for sand, and 20.5 mm SL for oyster shells. To determine the size at which fish settle in the wild, vertically partitioned field enclosures were used to separate individuals (5.2 to 37.3 mm SL) in the water column (>16 cm from the sediment) from those in the seagrass ( |
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Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus) |
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Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus) |
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Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus) |
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Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus) |
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Benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (Sciaenops ocellatus) |
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benthic habitat properties can delay settlement in an estuarine fish (sciaenops ocellatus) |
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https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/benthic-habitat-properties-can-delay-settlement-in-an-estuarine-fish-sciaenops-ocellatus(679e65de-2f9e-4619-86d4-8ab5930ef841).html https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00639 https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/7666/1/Ojanguren_2015_AB_Benthic_CC.pdf |
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