The lack of changes in nocturnal estuarine fish assemblages between new and full moon phases in Serpentine Creek, Queensland

Quinn, Norman J.; Kojis, Barbara L.

doi:10.1007/bf00002786

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“…Cain & Dean 1976;Livingston 1976;Quinn & Kojis 1981;Bell et al 1984). Wide fluctuations in diversity values were observed between successive samples taken on differing lunar and diel phases.…”

Section: Reptantia Other Crustaceamentioning

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The occurrence and diet of fishes in a tidal inlet to a saltmarsh in southern Moreton Bay, Queensland

Morton¹,

Pollock²,

Beumer³

1987

Australian Journal of Ecology

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The fishes occurring in the main tidal inlet to a typical saltmarsh situated in southern Moreton Bay were studied from January to December 1984. The aim of the study was to determine the type of fishes and their feeding habits within the inlet, particularly for species of economic importance. Sampling was conducted at night on the full and new moon phases, and during the day on the full moon phase. A total of 19 species were recorded from the inlet, of which 11 are of economic importance. Six species were considered common. Most fish which entered the inlet were juveniles. The diversity of the fish assemblage from the inlet was low when compared with findings of other studies conducted in Australian subtidal mangrove areas. Die! differences in the size offish entering the inlet were recorded for several species. Two mark-recapture programmes were conducted to investigate short-term utilization of the saltmarsh by fishes. Recapture rates indicated that individuals of some species regularly utilized the saltmarsh. The most abundant species from the inlet were predominantly benthic feeders although one species fed on plankton. Terrestrial foods formed an important part of the diet of some fishes. The inlet serves as a feeding area for certain species although it is unlikely that these species rely exclusively upon the area. Future management of saltmarsh areas should include protection and maintenance of tidal inlets wherever possible.

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Section: Reptantia Other Crustaceamentioning

confidence: 92%

The occurrence and diet of fishes in a tidal inlet to a saltmarsh in southern Moreton Bay, Queensland

Morton¹,

Pollock²,

Beumer³

1987

Australian Journal of Ecology

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“…in a north Brazilian mangrove creek. Likewise, Quinn and Kojis (1981), Rooker and Dennis (1991) and Krumme et al (2004) found no differences in fish abundance between moon phases. As the factor moon phase can only be sampled once every month, it is difficult to collect a sufficiently high number of temporal replicates within a short time period to avoid mixing of monthly variations with variations related to the moon phase.…”

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confidence: 90%

Spring-neap cycle as a major driver of temporal variations in feeding of intertidal fishes: Evidence from the sea catfish Sciades herzbergii (Ariidae) of equatorial west Atlantic mangrove creeks

Krumme

Brenner

Saint-Paul

2008

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

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On macrotidal coasts, short-to medium term variations in feeding of intertidal fishes are influenced by several interacting time scales. To identify the driver of major variations in the feeding habits of intertidal fish, we used the pemecou sea catfish Sciades herzbergii (Ariidae), an abundant intertidal benthic second order consumer, as a model species. We analyzed the influence of the spring-neap and the day-night cycle on intertidal abundance, stomach fullness, diet composition and food consumption of S. herzbergii using block nets set at slack high tides in two mangrove creeks in north Brazil. At spring tides, intertidal abundance, stomach fullness, and total daily consumption of S. herzbergii were on average 8.8, 1.9, and 3.8 times higher than at neap tides, respectively. At spring tides, Uca spp. and Grapsidae (mostly Pachygrapsus gracilis) dominated the diet, irrespective of the time of day. Other important food items were Insecta and the semiterrestrial crab Ucides cordatus. At neap tides, Capitellidae contributed to the diet of nightly inundations while no specimens were caught at daytime. Creek location had no effect on any variable. Results from our study area and evidence from other studies suggest that the spring-neap tide pulse is likely the major driver of short-to medium term variations in feeding of intertidal fishes. This has important implications for feeding-related issues on macro-and probably also on mesotidal coasts: (i) juvenile fishes may have fortnightly growth spurts, (ii) intertidal prey populations may suffer regular fluctuations in mortality, (iii) studies of the feeding ecology of intertidal fishes should cover the combined effects of the tidal, diel, lunar and seasonal cycles, and (iv) the modeling of food webs should consider the differences between highly dynamic spring tide and quieter neap tide conditions.

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“…In clear-water mangroves of Madagascar and Puerto Rico, lunar periodicity had only moderate or no obvious effects on fish assemblages, respectively (Laroche et al 1997;Rooker and Dennis 1991). In turbid estuarine mangrove creeks, only minor (North Australia: Davis 1988) or no lunar cycle-related effects were found (Papua New Guinea: Quinn andKoijs 1981, North Brazil: Krumme et al 2004). Untangling the effect of lunar cycles is a formidable task due to statistical considerations (deBruyn and Meeuwig 2001) as the need to sample several lunar cycles automatically adds the effects of month and/or season (Krumme 2009).…”

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Tidal, diel and lunar patterns in intertidal and subtidal mangrove creek fish assemblages from southwest Thailand

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Knowledge about short-term assembly patterns and connectivity in estuarine mangrove ichthyofauna from the Indo-West Pacific region is scant. We assessed tidal and diel dynamics of intertidal and subtidal fish assemblages in the mangrove forest of Sikao Creek, southwest (Andaman coast) Thailand. Over three lunar cycles, two intertidal creeks were blocked at high water according to the interaction of tidal and diel cycles; the adjacent subtidal area was seined at low waters. A total of 18,033 individuals (93 species, 36 families) were caught. Catch mass and abundances were dominated by small-sized fishes (intertidal creeks: Apogon hyalosoma, Ambassis interrupta, Ambassis vachellii; subtidal area: A. vachellii, Neostethus lankesteri, Oryzias javanicus, Siganus javus). Of 45 intertidal species, 78 % were also caught in the subtidal, suggesting close connectivity between the two habitat types. Overall intertidal fish biomass (0.3 g m −2 ) and density (0.03 fish m −2 ) were relatively low. Specific combinations of tidal magnitude and diel cycle explained recurring changes in intertidal fish assemblage structures, clearly observed at the species level, in the number of species, diversity, evenness and biomass. This pattern was strongly driven by new moon-night abundance maxima of dominant A. vachellii, which also displayed fullest stomachs at this lunar-diel cycle interaction. We suggest that estuarine mangrove fish studies of the Andaman Sea region

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The lack of changes in nocturnal estuarine fish assemblages between new and full moon phases in Serpentine Creek, Queensland

Cited by 19 publications

References 22 publications

The occurrence and diet of fishes in a tidal inlet to a saltmarsh in southern Moreton Bay, Queensland

The occurrence and diet of fishes in a tidal inlet to a saltmarsh in southern Moreton Bay, Queensland

Spring-neap cycle as a major driver of temporal variations in feeding of intertidal fishes: Evidence from the sea catfish Sciades herzbergii (Ariidae) of equatorial west Atlantic mangrove creeks

Tidal, diel and lunar patterns in intertidal and subtidal mangrove creek fish assemblages from southwest Thailand

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