Recruitment variability

ED Houde - Fish reproductive biology: implications for …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abundances of fish populations can vary over time by orders of magnitude, and five‐to‐10‐
fold variability is usual. The variability is recorded on time scales ranging from millennial to …

Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus): a review of life history and key vulnerabilities in New Zealand

DM Parsons, CJ Sim-Smith, M Cryer… - New Zealand Journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) is an important coastal fish species in New Zealand for a
variety of reasons, but the large amount of research conducted on snapper has not been …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of Calanus glacialis for the feeding success of young polar cod: a circumpolar synthesis

C Bouchard, L Fortier - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
Understanding the feeding ecology of polar cod (Boreogadus saida) during its first year of
life is crucial to forecasting its response to the ongoing borealization of Arctic seas. We …

Once upon a larva: revisiting the relationship between feeding success and growth in fish larvae

P Pepin, D Robert, C Bouchard… - ICES Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Variations in larval fish growth rates are largely the result of variability in biotic and abiotic
characteristics of the feeding environment experienced by each individual. An assessment …

Poor taxonomical knowledge of larval fish prey preference is impeding our ability to assess the existence of a “critical period” driving year-class strength

D Robert, HM Murphy, GP Jenkins… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Despite 100 years of research testing the link between prey availability during the larval
stage and year-class strength, field-based evidence for Hjort's “critical period” hypothesis …

Harmful effects of sediment-induced turbidity on juvenile fish in estuaries

ML Lowe, MA Morrison, RB Taylor - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2015 - int-res.com
Estuaries are important nursery habitats for juvenile fishes of many species, but are under
increasing pressure from anthropogenic stressors. We examined the impacts of suspended …

Regional climate, primary productivity and fish biomass drive growth variation and population resilience in a small pelagic fish

SE Tanner, AR Vieira, RP Vasconcelos, S Dores… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental change often combined with selective harvesting has profound and diverse
impacts on marine fish populations. Unlocking the biological consequences of these effects …

Molecular-based diet analysis of the early post‑larvae of Japanese sardine Sardinops melanostictus and Pacific round herring Etrumeus teres

J Hirai, K Hidaka, S Nagai, T Ichikawa - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2017 - int-res.com
Successful feeding on preferred prey could be important for the survival of fish larvae.
However, high taxonomic resolution of prey types from damaged gut contents is difficult to …

Revealing the relationship between feeding and growth of larval redfish (Sebastes sp.) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

CM Burns, P Pepin, S Plourde, G Veillet… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Year-class strength of fish stocks is often set during the larval stage, with fast growth being a
favourable factor leading to strong recruitment. Following 30 years of poor recruitment …

Feeding ecology of autumn-spawned Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Is recruitment linked to main prey availability?

CJ Wilson, HM Murphy, C Bourne… - Journal of Plankton …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) populations in Newfoundland, Canada, are
characterized by spring-and autumn-spawning components, targeted as a mixed fishery …