Consistent timing of juvenile fish recruitment to seagrass beds within two Sydney estuaries

KA Smith, IM Suthers - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2000 - CSIRO Publishing
Recruitment patterns of juvenile Rhabdosargus sarba (Sparidae) and Pelates sexlineatus
(Terapontidae) were examined by frequent (1–4 weeks) beach seining of seagrass beds in …

Identifying critical estuarine seagrass habitat for settlement of coastally spawned fish

JR Ford, RJ Williams, AM Fowler, DR Cox… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2010 - int-res.com
Identifying and conserving sites with consistently high settlement is necessary for protecting
recruitment of coastal fish populations. We investigated the initial settlement patterns of …

Timing of recruitment events, residence periods and post-settlement growth of juvenile fish in a seagrass nursery area, south-eastern Australia

KA Smith, M Sinerchia - Environmental biology of fishes, 2004 - Springer
We sampled juvenile fish approximately fortnightly using a fine mesh beach seine net to
determine the recruitment patterns of Sillago ciliata, Centropogon australis and Girella …

Patterns of small fish distributions in seagrass beds in a temperate Australian estuary

JE Jelbart, PM Ross, RM Connolly - Journal of the Marine Biological …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Beds of the seagrass Zostera capricorni are an integral part of the estuarine landscape
along the east coast of Australia, forming an important habitat for juvenile fish. Seagrass …

The contributions of habitat structure and larval supply to broad-scale recruitment variability in a temperate zone, seagrass-associated fish

GP Jenkins, MJ Keough, PA Hamer - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 1998 - Elsevier
The contribution of habitat structure and larval supply to broad-scale spatial variability in
recruitment of a temperate zone, seagrass associated fish, Sillaginodes punctata (Cuvier …

Settlement and Density of Juvenile Fish Assemblages in Natural, Zostera Capricorni (Zosteraceae) and Artificial Seagrass Beds

J Upston, DJ Booth - Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2003 - Springer
Few studies have validated the use of artificial seagrass to study processes structuring
faunal assemblages by comparison with natural seagrass. One metric (fish recruitment) for …

The influence of habitat structure on nearshore fish assemblages in a southern Australian embayment: comparison of shallow seagrass, reef-algal and unvegetated …

GP Jenkins, MJ Wheatley - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and …, 1998 - Elsevier
Assemblage structure and juvenile recruitment of fishes was compared amongst three
habitats: seagrass, Heterozostera tasmanica (Martens ex Aschers.) den Hartog; reef-algal; …

Temporal and spatial variability in recruitment of a temperate, seagrass-associated fish is largely determined by physical processes in the pre-and post-settlement …

GP Jenkins, KP Black, MJ Wheatley… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 1997 - int-res.com
Post-settlement King George whiting Sillaginodes punctata were sampled every 3 to 4 d
from mid-September to the end of October 1993, at 3 seagrass sites within Port Phillip Bay …

Do different seagrass species support distinct fish communities in south‐eastern Australia?

D Rotherham, RJ West - Fisheries Management and Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Between spring 1998 and autumn 1999, a fine mesh seine net was used to sample fish
communities at three locations in south‐eastern Australian estuaries, two located near …

Recruitment of juvenile marine fishes to seagrass habitat in a temperature Australian estuary

JC Hannan, RJ Williams - Estuaries, 1998 - Springer
We investigated the relationship between distance from the ocean and the recruitment of
ocean-spawned juvenile fish to seagrass shallows within marine dominated Lake …