Fish Nearshore Habitat-Use Patterns As Ecological Indicators of Nursery Quality

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aut.filerelease.date2021-11-30
aut.relation.articlenumber108225en_NZ
aut.relation.endpage108225
aut.relation.journalEcological Indicatorsen_NZ
aut.relation.startpage108225
aut.relation.volume131en_NZ
aut.researcherSabetian, Armagan
dc.contributor.authorSabetian, Aen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Jen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Men_NZ
dc.contributor.authorWalter, Ren_NZ
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Hen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorReid, Men_NZ
dc.contributor.authorWijenayake, Ken_NZ
dc.contributor.authorLilkendey, Jen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-23T00:50:10Z
dc.date.available2021-09-23T00:50:10Z
dc.date.copyright2021-11en_NZ
dc.date.issued2021-11en_NZ
dc.description.abstractAnthropogenic factors have been identified as major stressors of nearshore environments such as estuaries, sea grass meadows and mangroves. We hypothesize that aquatic organisms functionally dependent on these habitats as nurseries respond to disturbances with subtle changes in their habitat-use patterns. We used a novel approach coupling behavioural change point analysis with fish otolith microchemistry to analyse continuous life history information independent of climate and physiological variability. Here we show that pre-industrial (1430–1640 CE) land use and fishing practices had little influence on the well synchronized migration behaviour of juvenile snapper Chrysophrys auratus in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. In contrast, modern human disturbances have resulted in snapper spending less time in brackish nurseries and moving chaotically between habitats. Today, nearshore habitats have largely lost their nursery function for the species. Temporal comparison of habitat-use patterns is a powerful tool to evaluate past and present nursery habitat quality.
dc.identifier.citationEcological Indicators, Volume 131, November 2021, 108225
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108225en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1470-160Xen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/14528
dc.languageenen_NZ
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21008906
dc.rights© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectMovement ecology; Conservation ecology; Habitat quality; Ecological indicator; Time-series analysis; Otolith microchemistry; Chrysophrys auratus; Snapper; New Zealand
dc.titleFish Nearshore Habitat-Use Patterns As Ecological Indicators of Nursery Qualityen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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