Early Life History of Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Pisces: Sciaenidae), in Tampa Bay, Florida

McMichael, Robert H.; Peters, Kevin M.

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“…Seasonally, silver perch, oyster toadfish, and black drum began calling in early spring and ended in May; sound production of spotted seatrout began in late winter (February) and ended in early fall (end of September), and the majority of red drum sound production occurred in August and September (Montie et al 2015). These sound production timelines were consistent with the spawning timelines observed in other studies along the Southeast Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico, which were based upon on the detection of courtship sounds, gonad indices, the presence of eggs and larvae in the water column, and/or appearance of young of the year (YOY) (Dobrin 1947, Tavolga 1960, Fish & Mowbray 1970 Monczak et al: Fish soundscape of an estuary Overstreet 1983, Fine et al 1984, Beckman et al 1988, Brown-Peterson et al 1988, McMichael & Peters 1989, Murphy & Taylor 1990, Saucier & Baltz 1993, Ross et al 1995, Sprague 2000, Brown-Peterson & Warren 2002, Nieland et al 2002, Roumillat & Brouwer 2004, Ramcharitar at al. 2006, Locascio & Mann 2008, Luczkovich et al 2008, Locascio & Mann 2011, Wall et al 2013, Montie et al 2015.…”

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“…2006, Locascio & Mann 2008, Luczkovich et al 2008, Locascio & Mann 2011, Wall et al 2013, Montie et al 2015. For example, spotted seatrout have an extended spawning season from April to September along the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coasts, with YOY appearance occurring throughout the summer (Overstreet 1983, Brown-Peterson et al 1988, McMichael & Peters 1989, Saucier & Baltz 1993, Brown-Peterson & Warren 2002, Nieland et al 2002, Roumillat & Brouwer 2004. Red drum have a shortened spawning timeframe, which occurs from mid-August through October along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico, with sexually mature adults, larvae, and YOY (<150 mm) occurring only in the fall (Murphy & Taylor 1990, Ross et al 1995.…”

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Long-term acoustic monitoring of fish calling provides baseline estimates of reproductive timelines in the May River estuary, southeastern USA

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Kehrer³

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Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Long-term acoustic recorders (black instrument in figure) can be used to estimate spawning timelines and rhythms by detecting fish calls associated with courtship. Design by Tim Devine, USCB Graphics ManagerMar Ecol Prog Ser 581: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] 2017 2015). In the family Sciaenidae, sound-producing fishes include Atlantic croaker Micropogonias undulatus, silver perch Bairdiella chrysoura, black drum Pogonias cromis, spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus, weakfish C. regalis, red drum Sciaenops ocellatus, spot Leiostomus xanthurus, and southern kingfish Menticirrhus americanus (Luczkovich et al. 1999, Sprague 2000, Ramcharitar et al. 2006, Gannon & Taylor 2007, Lowerre-Barbieri et al. 2008, Walters et al. 2009, Tellechea et al. 2011, Montie et al. 2015. Sound production in these fishes typically involves rapid movement of the sonic muscle surrounding the swim bladder. The resulting calls are species-specific due to anatomical differences in swim bladder and sonic muscle morphology as well as neural programming; therefore, call types can be used for species identification (Winn 1964, Ramcharitar et al. 2006.Sound production in fish species has been associated mainly with courtship behavior and reproduction (e.g. Saucier & Baltz 1993, Mann & Lobel 1995, Luczkovich et al. 2008, Walters et al. 2009, Mann et al. 2010, Montie et al. 2016, 2017. Studies have recorded underwater sounds during spawning seasons and have shown that patterns of peak calling coincide with patterns of reproductive senescence (i.e. gonadosomatic indices, sperm motility, and plasma androgen levels; Connaughton & Taylor 1995). Other wild studies have simultaneously collected acoustic recordings and plankton tows, and these data have shown that fish calling and spawning are tightly associated (Mok & Gilmore 1983, Saucier & Baltz 1993, Luczkovich et al. 1999, Aalbers & Drawbridge 2008, Lowerre-Barbieri et al. 2008. For example, the timing and amount of calling in wild weakfish were positively correlated with the timing and numbers of sciaenid eggs collected (Luczkovich et al. 1999). Similar findings have been observed in captive studies (Guest & Lasswell 1978, Connaughton & Taylor 1996, Lowerre-Barbieri et al. 2008, Montie et al. 2016, 2017. In weakfish held in laboratory tanks, courtship behavior, male calling, and spawning were correlated (Connaughton & Taylor 1996). In a quantitative study with captive red drum, findings revealed that spawning was more productive when the amount of calling increased; more eggs were collected when calls were longer in duration and contained more pulses (Montie et al. 2016). In a similar study with captive spotted seatrout, spawning was more likely to occur when male fish called more frequently; a positive relationship was found between sound pressure levels in tanks and the number of eggs collected (Montie et al. 2017). These findings indicate that acoustic metrics can accurately predict spawning potential for some soniferous fishes and that deployment of lon...

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Long-term acoustic monitoring of fish calling provides baseline estimates of reproductive timelines in the May River estuary, southeastern USA

Monczak¹,

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Kehrer³

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Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Rakocinski et al 1992) and in unvegetated backwaters (McMicheal & Peters 1989). The distribution of juveniles of spotted seatrout was centered in the middle of the estuary in seagrass beds in Florida Bay (Thayer et al 1999) and in mid-estuary salt marshes in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary (Rakocinski et al 1992).…”

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“…Seagrass beds are also considered to be the primary habitat for juveniles of spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus (McMicheal & Peters 1989, Rooker et al 1998, Thayer et al 1999), although they can also be found in high abundance along marsh edges (e.g. Rakocinski et al 1992) and in unvegetated backwaters (McMicheal & Peters 1989).…”

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“…However, the 21 m seine targeted similar nekton species and size ranges regardless of deployment strategy, and data were still considered comparable (e.g. McMicheal & Peters 1989, Paperno et al 2001, Tsou & Matheson 2002). Potential differences caused by different deployment strategies were minimized by transforming nekton density data into approximate percent composition (chord transform) before RDA.…”

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Using estuarine landscape structure to model distribution patterns in nekton communities and in juveniles of fishery species

Whaley¹,

Burd²,

Robertson³

2007

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Spatial relationships between distribution patterns of many species and vegetated habitats over multiple scales have been used in terrestrial ecosystems to help identify and map important areas for conservation and management. This approach is not widely used in characterizing habitat use of nekton species in estuaries, but it has great potential because these systems contain fairly discrete vegetated habitat types, and the distribution of nekton species can be influenced by the spatial arrangement of habitat. We examined the spatial relationships between estuarine habitats and nekton species to help map estuarine nekton communities for use in conservation planning. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), we measured area (m 2 ) and edge density (m km -2 ) of estuarine habitats over multiple scales in Charlotte Harbor, Florida (USA). We used redundancy analysis (RDA) to examine spatial patterns of nekton community composition, habitat, and local habitat characteristics. RDA revealed that spatial patterns in nekton community composition were most highly correlated with distance from the nearest pass to the Gulf of Mexico (r = -0.97) and with salinity (r = 0.94) and area of continuous seagrass habitat (r = 0.91). We used GIS maps of 2 variables (distance from the nearest pass and area of continuous seagrass habitat) to model spatial patterns in nekton community composition and the distribution of several juveniles of fishery species (red drum Sciaenops ocellatus, gray snapper Lutjanus griseus, lane snapper L. synagris, sand seatrout Cynoscion arenarius, and spotted seatrout C. nebulosus). The results suggest that incorporating measures of habitat area (over multiple scales) and spatial position into spatial models of nekton distribution is useful in conservation and management planning.

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Suspended sediment projections in Apalachicola Bay in response to altered river flow and sediment loads under climate change and sea level rise

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Suspended sediments, or total suspended solids (TSS), are an important factor for oyster habitat. While high concentrations of suspended sediments can cause a reduction of oyster density, some level of suspended sediment is required to supply oysters with necessary nutrients. In this study, characteristics of TSS variations in response to sea level rise (SLR) at two oyster reefs in Apalachicola Bay are investigated by coupled estuarine hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling. A storm event in 1993 and a year-long period in 2010 under recent sea level conditions are selected as the baseline conditions. Scenarios of river flow and sediment loads under SLR and climate change are obtained by downscaled global climate modeling. Compared to the baseline conditions, simulations of TSS indicate that predicted SLR yields a substantial decrease in TSS near the two oyster reefs. However, TSS levels differed at the two study locations. TSS changes by SLR revealed minimal impact on oyster habitat at the Dry Bar site (to the west of the mouth of the Apalachicola River) but are projected to have a significant impact at the Cat Point site (to the east of the Apalachicola River). At Cat Point, because SLR causes the increase of salt water intrusion from the Gulf through a large tidal inlet (East Pass), maximum sediment concentration is near zero for 0.2-m SLR and equal to zero for 0.5-and 1.2-m SLR. Therefore, SLR may result in a substantial loss of nutrients from suspended sediment in the oyster reef at Cat Point.

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Early Life History of Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Pisces: Sciaenidae), in Tampa Bay, Florida

Cited by 84 publications

References 9 publications

Long-term acoustic monitoring of fish calling provides baseline estimates of reproductive timelines in the May River estuary, southeastern USA

Long-term acoustic monitoring of fish calling provides baseline estimates of reproductive timelines in the May River estuary, southeastern USA

Using estuarine landscape structure to model distribution patterns in nekton communities and in juveniles of fishery species

Suspended sediment projections in Apalachicola Bay in response to altered river flow and sediment loads under climate change and sea level rise

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