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Artificial reef morphology: Relationship to fish recruitment and community structure
Title
Artificial reef morphology: Relationship to fish recruitment and community structure.
Creator
Lea, Barbara Chudzik, Florida Atlantic University, Courtenay, Walter R. Jr., Bourne, Godfrey R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description
Rock and coral reef fishes are known to select their habitat, and selection oftentimes involves the settlement of pelagic larval stages. Thus, I examined the short-term temporal relationship between artificial reef morphology and the composition of warm-water reef fish assemblages 30 m offshore of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida. Correlations were found between reef height and total fish abundance and species richness. Reef height was also correlated with log transformed numbers of juveniles....
Show moreRock and coral reef fishes are known to select their habitat, and selection oftentimes involves the settlement of pelagic larval stages. Thus, I examined the short-term temporal relationship between artificial reef morphology and the composition of warm-water reef fish assemblages 30 m offshore of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida. Correlations were found between reef height and total fish abundance and species richness. Reef height was also correlated with log transformed numbers of juveniles. Horizontal opening size showed an inverse correlation with species richness and a weak inverse trend with juvenile abundance. Furthermore, vertical openings were directly proportional to juvenile and total fish abundance, and to species richness. Piscivore abundance was weakly influenced by presence and dimensions of vertical crevices. Thus, artificial reefs with many varied-sized vertical crevices are most desirable for attracting juvenile warm-water reef fishes.
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Date Issued
1994
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15063
Subject Headings
Artificial reefs, Coral reef fishes--Morphology
Format
Document (PDF)
Point count censusing from a submersible to estimate reef fish abundance over large areas
Title
Point count censusing from a submersible to estimate reef fish abundance over large areas.
Creator
Shipp, R. L., Tyler, W. A., III, Jones, Robert S., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1986
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3340762
Subject Headings
Fish populations--Estimates, Fishes Counting, Reef fishes, Submersibles
Format
Document (PDF)
Lipogramma flavescens, a new gram-mid fish from the Bahama Islands, with descriptions and distributional notes on L. evides and L. anabantoides
Title
Lipogramma flavescens, a new gram-mid fish from the Bahama Islands, with descriptions and distributional notes on L. evides and L. anabantoides.
Creator
Gilmore, R. G., Jones, Robert S., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1988
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172764
Subject Headings
Fishes --Anatomy, Coral reef fishes, Fish --Names, Rotenone, Oceanographic submersibles
Format
Document (PDF)
Comparison of Florida reef fish assemblages using a rapid visual technique
Title
Comparison of Florida reef fish assemblages using a rapid visual technique.
Creator
Jones, Robert S., Thompson, M. John, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1978
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174436
Subject Headings
Coral reef fishes, Fish populations, Species diversity, Visualization --Technique, Shipwrecks
Format
Document (PDF)
The comparative structure of two western Atlantic reef-fish assemblages
Title
The comparative structure of two western Atlantic reef-fish assemblages.
Creator
Alevizon, W. S., Brooks, M. G., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1975
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174428
Subject Headings
Coral reef fishes, Fish populations, Species diversity, Coral reef ecology, Sponges
Format
Document (PDF)
Introduction of hatchery-reared Nassau grouper to a coral reef environment
Title
Introduction of hatchery-reared Nassau grouper to a coral reef environment.
Creator
Roberts, C. M., Quinn, N., Tucker, John W., Jr., Woodward, Peter N., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued
1995
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007150
Subject Headings
Nassau grouper, Fish hatcheries, Epinephelus striatus, Reef fisheries, Corals
Format
Document (PDF)
Impacts of bottom trawling on a deep-water Oculina coral ecosystem off Florida
Title
Impacts of bottom trawling on a deep-water Oculina coral ecosystem off Florida.
Creator
Reed, John K., Koenig, Christopher C., Shepard, Andrew N.
Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172092
Subject Headings
Coral reef ecology, Coral reef ecology --Florida, Trawls and trawling --Environmental aspects, Fishing, Oceanographic submersibles
Format
Document (PDF)
Correspondence: Phosphorus-rich waters at Glovers Reef, Belize?
Title
Correspondence: Phosphorus-rich waters at Glovers Reef, Belize?.
Creator
Lapointe, Brian E.
Date Issued
2003
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2848321
Subject Headings
Phosphorus, Coral reefs and islands --Caribbean Sea, Herbivores, Fish-culture, Algae
Format
Document (PDF)
Deep-water reefs off the southeastern U.S.: recent discoveries and research
Title
Deep-water reefs off the southeastern U.S.: recent discoveries and research.
Creator
Reed, John K., Ross, S. W.
Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007074
Subject Headings
Southeastern United States, Deep sea corals, Reefs, Oculinidae, Corals--Ecology, Trawl fishing, Coral declines
Format
Document (PDF)
Declining coral health and fish diversity in the South Pacific
Title
Declining coral health and fish diversity in the South Pacific.
Creator
McCurdy, Paul., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
Coral reefs harbor ~1-9 million species, including 30% of all marine fish species. Reef health worldwide is declining due to many factors: e.g. pollution, sedimentation, dynamite fishing, and global warming. Working with the Planetary Coral Reef Foundation and the crew aboard the R/V Heraclitus, I examined coral health and fish diversity in the Solomon Islands, Melanesia. In 2006, I surveyed coral and fish on Sagharughombe reef, Solomon Islands using SCUBA and compared the results with...
Show moreCoral reefs harbor ~1-9 million species, including 30% of all marine fish species. Reef health worldwide is declining due to many factors: e.g. pollution, sedimentation, dynamite fishing, and global warming. Working with the Planetary Coral Reef Foundation and the crew aboard the R/V Heraclitus, I examined coral health and fish diversity in the Solomon Islands, Melanesia. In 2006, I surveyed coral and fish on Sagharughombe reef, Solomon Islands using SCUBA and compared the results with surveys done in 2000 and 2002. Coral surveys indicated a significant decline in health over the six-year period. Fish surveys found no clear trend in species abundances and species richness, but a significant decline in species diversity over the years. The decline in coral health we observed may have contributed to diminished fish diversity. To protect marine biodiversity, coral reefs must be better protected and declines in coral health must be halted.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11615
Subject Headings
Coral reef ecology, Fishes, Ecology
Format
Document (PDF)
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NURSERY EFFECT OF SELECT REEF FISHES ALONG THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA COAST
Title
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NURSERY EFFECT OF SELECT REEF FISHES ALONG THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA COAST.
Creator
Pressly, Andrew, Hindle, Tobin, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description
The nursery effect is a process where juvenile fish utilize coastal habitats to help them survive before moving to their adult habitat. This process establishes an important link between marine ecosystems. This study examines the nursery effect and nursery habitat utilization in the Indian River Lagoon and Florida Bay systems, and the coral reefs adjacent to them. Quantitative and spatial techniques were utilized to identify patterns of presence and abundance and the size structure of select...
Show moreThe nursery effect is a process where juvenile fish utilize coastal habitats to help them survive before moving to their adult habitat. This process establishes an important link between marine ecosystems. This study examines the nursery effect and nursery habitat utilization in the Indian River Lagoon and Florida Bay systems, and the coral reefs adjacent to them. Quantitative and spatial techniques were utilized to identify patterns of presence and abundance and the size structure of select fish species. Spatial analyses were also used to investigate distribution patterns. Findings from this study suggest that several species utilize to a high degree the Indian River Lagoon and Florida Bay as nurseries. Furthermore, the abundance of adults on coral reefs is strongly connected to the presence of nurseries. This study has implications in fisheries management such as locating where juveniles of species develop. With such knowledge, better management plans could be implemented to ensure healthy fish stocks.
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Date Issued
2020
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013490
Subject Headings
Reef fishes, Florida Bay (Fla ), Indian River (Fla : Lagoon), Fisheries management, Marine nurseries
Format
Document (PDF)