The role of seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, salt marshes and reed beds as nursery areas and food sources for fishes in estuaries

AK Whitfield - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2017 - Springer
Each year millions of larval and 0+ juvenile fishes are recruited into estuarine fish
populations around the world. For several decades the roles of littoral aquatic and emergent …

A review of the biology and ecology of key fishes targeted by coastal fisheries in south-east Australia: identifying critical knowledge gaps required to improve spatial …

BG Curley, AR Jordan, WF Figueira… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge of the population biology, life-history ecology and scales of pre and post-
settlement movement of marine species are needed to inform effective conservation …

Identifying spatial conservation priorities using Traditional and Local Ecological Knowledge of iconic marine species and ecosystem threats

MM Noble, D Harasti, CJ Fulton, B Doran - Biological Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can be an effective spatial approach to
conservation, especially when they involve genuine consultation that considers the diversity …

Predictive models of small fish presence and abundance in northern New Zealand harbours

MP Francis, MA Morrison, J Leathwick, C Walsh… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2005 - Elsevier
A broad-scale, small-fish survey was carried out in northern New Zealand inshore waters
using beach seines. The survey covered 30 estuaries spanning ca 1000km of coastline and …

The socio-ecological system of urban fisheries in estuaries

MD Taylor, IM Suthers - Estuaries and Coasts, 2021 - Springer
Fisheries and urban marine ecology meet within the world's densely populated estuaries
and coasts, where the imperative of dredging, construction and catchment modification …

Temperate zone coastal seascapes: seascape patterning and adjacent seagrass habitat shape the distribution of rocky reef fish assemblages

DS Swadling, NA Knott, MJ Rees, AR Davis - Landscape Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Context Whilst the composition and arrangement of habitats within landscape mosaics are
known to be important determinants of biodiversity patterns, the influence of seascape …

[HTML][HTML] Biophysical larval dispersal models of observed bonefish (Albula vulpes) spawning events in Abaco, The Bahamas: An assessment of population …

SM Lombardo, LM Chérubin, AJ Adams, JM Shenker… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Biophysical models are a powerful tool for assessing population connectivity of marine
organisms that broadcast spawn. Albula vulpes is a species of bonefish that is an …

Are vegetated areas more attractive for juvenile fish in estuaries? A comparison in a tropical estuary

RS da Silva, ASBV Baeta, ALM Pessanha - Environmental Biology of …, 2018 - Springer
Seagrass beds are some of the essential nursery areas for fish, due to the great structural
complexity found in these environments. Despite their importance, they are among the most …

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 …

Wave and tide‐driven flow act on multiple scales to shape the distribution of a juvenile fish (Albula vulpes) in shallow nearshore habitats

CR Haak, GW Cowles… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental stress associated with incident flow is among the most fundamental physical
factors structuring fish distributions. In shallow marine habitats, flow‐related stress arises …