Does human pressure affect the community structure of surf zone fish in sandy beaches?

Costa, Leonardo Lopes; Landmann, Júlia G.; Gaelzer, Luiz Ricardo; Zalmon, Ilana Rosental

doi:10.1016/j.csr.2016.11.007

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“…Importantly, we found urbanization to be a fundamental driver of nearshore fish assemblages with an overall negative effect on their number of species and individuals. Similarly, Araújo et al (2017) registered a decrease species richness and abundance of fishes in a sandy beach after coastal industrialization while Reyes-Martínez et al (2015) and Costa et al (2017a) found low fish richness with high levels of visitation and beach maintenance, suggesting that impacted beaches are avoided by surf zone fishes. Human disturbances may also negatively affect fish assemblages by reducing water quality (Huijbers et al, 2015) and food availability (Costa et al, 2017b;Schlacher & Thompson, 2012) and simplifying food webs in comparison to non-urbanized beaches (Reyes-Martínez et al, 2015).…”

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“…Similarly, Araújo et al (2017) registered a decrease in species richness and abundance of fishes in a sandy beach after coastal industrialization while Reyes‐Martínez et al (2015) and Costa et al (2017a) found low fish richness with high levels of visitation and beach maintenance, suggesting that impacted beaches are avoided by surf zone fishes. Human disturbances may also negatively affect fish assemblages by reducing water quality (Huijbers et al, 2015) and food availability (Costa et al, 2017b; Schlacher & Thompson, 2012) and simplifying food webs in comparison to non‐urbanized beaches (Reyes‐Martínez et al, 2015). Nevertheless, we found the influence of urbanization on fish richness and abundance to have a non‐linear relationship, with stabilization at moderate levels of urbanization, suggesting that reduction of just a few of these direct or indirect impacts is unlikely to generate substantial change.…”

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“…The composition of surf zone fish assemblages can be influenced by several environmental factors such as beach exposure (Borland et al, 2017;Nakane et al, 2013) and freshwater input (Araújo et al, 2002, Pessanha & Araújo, 2003. Surf zone assemblages may also be exposed to multiple stressors linked to human activities, such as urbanization, tourism and fishing (Costa et al, 2017a). However, the identification of these combined effects on surf zone fishes have gone largely unexplored with focus instead on fish communities in other adjacent aquatic environments such as rivers (Tejerina-Garro et al, 2005), estuaries (Yabsley et al, 2020) and reefs (Taira et al, 2018).…”

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Revealing the drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of nearshore fish assemblages: Implications for conservation priorities

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Corte

Checon

et al. 2021

Diversity and Distributions

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Aim: Understanding patterns and drivers of biodiversity are essential towards developing effective conservation strategies for shallow marine habitats broadly. However, little is known about the natural and anthropogenic factors that structure fish biodiversity of sandy beaches, one of the largest and most socio-economically valuable nearshore habitats due to their endemic fauna, economic importance and cultural relevance. Here, we investigated how environmental variables and urbanization affect taxonomic and functional diversity of nearshore fish assemblages to provide general biodiversity patterns that can serve as baseline information for management plans when considering conservation prioritization.Location: Southeast Brazil. Methods:We surveyed fish communities at 77 sites along 150 km of coastline with different natural features and degrees of human influence using a combination of seine nets and surf-BRUVS. We used generalized additive models (GAMs) to investigate the influence of environmental variables and urbanization on taxonomic and functional diversity of resident fish assemblages. Main results:We found that significant breaker wave height was the most important environmental variable in explaining the taxonomic and functional diversity of fish assemblages. The effects of increasing wave height were mostly negative, except for piscivorous fishes, which were most abundant at high energy sites, and for benthic and zoobenthivorous species, which were most abundant at sites with intermediate wave exposure. The latter species were also associated with higher chlorophyll-a contributing to increased taxonomic richness and abundance. Further, anthropogenic impacts generally reduced diversity, with highest diversity only observed at the most pristine sites. Main conclusions:Our results demonstrate that both natural environmental variation and human activities structure the fish assemblages of sandy beach surf zones,

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Revealing the drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of nearshore fish assemblages: Implications for conservation priorities

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“…Our study reveals that juveniles of Menticirrhus spp., Trachinotus carolinus, T. goodie, and Polydactylus oligodon dominate the surf-zone fish fauna in the Guriri Beach. The dominance of Menticirrhus spp., T. carolinus, and T. goodie in the surf-zone nekton is a quite common pattern in the central and southeastern coast of Brazil, with such species ranking among the top five in surf fish assemblages (Gaelzer et al 2006, Gaelzer & Zalmon 2008, Félix-Hackradt et al 2010, Gondolo et al 2011, Vasconcellos et al 2011, Del-Favero & Dias 2013, 2015Monteiro-Neto & Prestrelo 2013, Dantas, et al 2016, Costa et al 2017, Santos et al 2019. On the other hand, the great abundance of P. oligodon juveniles found in the Guriri Beach is not quite a common pattern for Brazilian beaches.…”

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Surf-zone fish assemblage structure and its diel variability in an ocean beach of Espírito Santo (Central Brazilian coast)

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Marion

Silva

et al. 2023

Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res.

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We characterized the surf-zone fish assemblage structure of an ocean beach on the central coast of Brazil (Guriri Beach, Espírito Santo) and assessed its diel variability. Like the entire Espírito Santo coast, Guriri Beach was also affected by ore tailings from the Fundão dam, which collapsed on November 5, 2015. Monthly samplings were carried out before the dam collapse along a year cycle (May 2013-April 2014), during the day and night in the neap tide, using a beach seine. A total of 2217 specimens were caught (1017 during the day and 1200 at night), distributed in 36 fish species and 20 families. Juveniles of the kingcroaker Menticirrhus spp., great pompano Trachinotus goodei, Florida pompano Trachinotus carolinus, littlescale threadfin Polydactylus oligodon, and Atlantic sabretooth anchovy Lycengraulis grossidens dominated the fish fauna, accounting for 84% of the total capture. The fish assemblage structure changed irregularly between day and night throughout the year. P. oligodon and Menticirrhus spp. were more abundant at night, whereas T. carolinus and L. grossidens were more abundant during the day. In most cases, no significant change was detected in fish abundance and richness between the day and night; when significant differences were detected, abundance and richness were higher at night. Our findings could support a monitoring program of the local surf-zone fish fauna and serve as before-impact data, allowing more accurate quantification of the ore tailings' impacts on the local fish biodiversity.

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“…Clearing and trampling of vegetation, habitat and wildlife disturbance, creation of tracks and takeoff areas, soil compaction and erosion, litter, waste NPWS (2004), SNP (2004) Rock climbing Loss of vegetation cover and richness, loss of lichens, bird disturbance, waste Clark and Hessl (2015), Holzschuh (2016), Lorite et al (2017), Mrak (2011)Coral damage, benthic organisms change, fish displacement and change in abundance or composition, food supply change, disturbance of marine habitats, loss of biodiversity Dearden et al (2009), Hawkins and Roberts (1993), Juhasz et al (2010), Plathong et al (2000), Priskin (2003), Renfro and Chadwick (2017), Teresa et al (2011), Terrón-Sigler et al (2016), Shokri and Mohammadi (2021)Speleology, speleo-tourism Thermal, chemical, and biological pollution, inner atmosphere alteration, wildlife disturbance, plant and/or fungi emergence, destruction of rare formationsCigna and Burri (2000),Lobo et al (2015),Lobo (2008) Surfing, windsurfing Reduction of surf zone fishes, wildlife disturbance, construction of beach accessesLopes et al (2017),Priskin (2003) Swimming Water pollution, wildlife disturbance, damage to riparian vegetation, fish reductionLopes et al (2017), Mrak (2011), Priskin (2003 …”

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Impact assessment of temporary activities and events

Enríquez‐de‐Salamanca

Díaz‐Sierra

2023

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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Temporary activities and events may have significant environmental impacts. However, they are often outside the scope of environmental assessment (EA) processes. Environmental requirements in authorization processes of activities are rare, except for some major events in sensitive areas. This article analyzes, first, the environmental impacts of outdoor temporary activities and events through a literature review; all the analyzed activities may have significant negative impacts. Then, the authorization of temporary activities, and their inclusion in EA systems, in a sample of jurisdictions worldwide was analyzed. Applying EA processes is more an exception than a rule for temporary activities. The article discusses the factors that influence activities' impacts, the conflict between precaution and operation, and the benefits and drawbacks of the application of different EA schemes to temporary activities, concluding with some proposals to improve the consideration of environmental aspects in activities' authorization. Before the authorization of activities and events, their environmental impacts should be analyzed and taken into account. This can be achieved through regulations in management plans submitted to strategic EA, through screening processes, or through environmental impact assessment when significant impacts are expected. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2023;00:1–13. © 2023 SETAC

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Does human pressure affect the community structure of surf zone fish in sandy beaches?

Cited by 23 publications

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Revealing the drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of nearshore fish assemblages: Implications for conservation priorities

Revealing the drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of nearshore fish assemblages: Implications for conservation priorities

Surf-zone fish assemblage structure and its diel variability in an ocean beach of Espírito Santo (Central Brazilian coast)

Impact assessment of temporary activities and events

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