Does macroalgal vegetation cover influence post-settlement survival and recruitment potential of juvenile black rockfish Sebastes cheni?
Does macroalgal vegetation cover influence post-settlement survival and recruitment potential of juvenile black rockfish Sebastes cheni?
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大型藻类植被覆盖是否影响幼年黑岩鱼 Sebastes cheni 的定居后生存和补充潜力?
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecss.2013.05.028
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发表时间:
2013
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通讯作者:
Jun SHOJI
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作者:
Yasuhiro KAMIMURA;Jun SHOJI
Seasonal change in vegetation coverage affected cohort-specific mortality of post-settlement juvenile black rockfishSebastescheniin a temperate macroalgal bed. A total of 14 fish and environmental surveys were conducted at an interval of one to two weeks from February to May, 2008 in the central Seto Inland Sea, southwestern Japan. The birth date ofS. cheniwas estimated by use of the otolith daily rings and then fish were divided into 7 cohorts (A to F), each covering a 7-day birth date period. Cohort-specific growth coefficient (G, d−1) of juvenileS. chenifrom 20 to 60 mm in total length (TL) ranged between 0.031 and 0.048 and mortality coefficient (M, d−1) between 0.038 and 0.081, with significant increases in both values as the season progressed. The ratio ofG:M, which is a proxy of the recruitment potential, ranged between 0.59 and 0.99 and was lower in later cohorts. Water temperature increased from 10.9 °C in March to 18.2 °C in May and vegetation coverage (bulk volume ofSargassumspp., %: as an index of the function for predation refuge) decreased from 60% in March to 2% in May. The later cohorts of juvenileS. chenihad high growth and mortality rates related to high temperature and low vegetation coverage. Since the seasonal increase inMwas greater than that ofG, the recruitment potential of the later cohorts was lower than that of the earlier cohorts.