Mass settlement and post-settlement mortality of Epinephelus merra (Pisces: Serranidae) on reunion coral reefs

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 307-319

  Letourneur, Yves ^a,c   Chabanet, Pascale ^a   Vigliola, Laurent ^b   Harmelin Vivien, Mireille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; GROUPER; MASS SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; SETTLEMENT;

REUNION;

EPINEPHELUS MERRA;

EID: 0031951805     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400040108     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Beets, J. & Hixon, M.A., 1994. Distribution, persistence, and growth of groupers (pisces: Serranidae) on artificial and natural patch reefs in the Virgin Islands. Bulletin of Marine Sciences, 55, 470-483.
2. Campana, S.E. & Neilson, J.D., 1985. Microstructure of fish otoliths. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 42, 1014-1032.
3. Carr, M.H. & Hixon, M.A., 1995. Predation effects on early post-settlement survivorship of coral reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 124, 31-42.
4. Chabanet, P., 1994. Etude des relations entre les peuplements benthiques et les peuplements ichtyologiques sur le complexe récifal de Si-Gilles La Saline à l'ile de la Réunion. Thèse Environnement marin, Université Aix-Marseille 3, France.
5. Chabanet, P., Dufour, V. & Galzin, R., 1995. Disturbance impact on reef fish communities in Réunion Island (Indian Ocean). Journal of Experimental Marine Biololgy and Ecology, 188, 29-48.
6. Cowen, R.K., 1985. Large scale pattern of recruitment by the labrid, Semicossyphus pulcher: causes and implications. Journal of Marine Research, 43, 719-742.
7. Cowen, R.K., 1991. Variation in the planktonic larval duration of the temperate wrasse Semicossyphus pulcher. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 69, 9-15.
8. Doherty, P.J., 1991. Spatial and temporal patterns in recruitment. In The ecology of fishes on coral reefs (ed. P.P. Sale), pp. 261-293. San Diego: Academic Press.
9. Doherty, PJ. & Fowler, A.J., 1994. An empirical test of recruitment limitation in a coral reef fish. Science, New York, 263, 935-939.
10. Doherty, P.J., Samoilys, M., Fowler, A.J., Harris, D. & Squire, L., 1994. Monitoring the replenishment of coral trout (Pisces: Serranidae) populations. Bulletin of Marine Sciences, 54, 343-355.
11. Doherty, PJ. & Williams, D.McB., 1988. The replenishment of coral reef fish populations. Oceanographical Marine and Biology. Annual Review, 26, 487-551.
12. Dufour, V. & Galzin, R., 1993. Colonization patterns of reef fish larvae to the lagoon at Moorea Island, French Polynesia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 102, 143-152.
13. Eggleston, D.B., 1995. Recruitment in Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus: post-settlement abundance, microhabitat features, and ontogenetic habitat shifts. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 124, 9-22.
14. Fourmanoir, P., 1971. Liste des espèces de poissons contenus dans les estomacs de thons jaunes, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) et de thons blancs, Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788). Cahiers ORSTOM. Série Océanographie, 9, 109-118.
15. Grandperrin, R., 1975. Structures trophiques aboutissant aux thons de longue ligne dans le Pacifique sud-ouest tropical. Mémoires ORSTOM, Paris, 296 pp.
16. Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E., 1993. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 16. Groupers of the World (family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the group, rock cod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, 16, no. 125, 1-382.
17. Jones, C., 1986. Determining age of larval fish with the otolith increment technique. Fisheries Bulletin, 84, 91-103.
18. Jones, G.P. 1991. Post recruitment processes in the ecology of coral reef populations: a multifactorial perspective. In The ecology of fishes on coral reefs (ed. P.P. Sale), pp. 294-328, San Diego: Academic Press.
19. Kami, H.T. & Ikehara, I.I., 1976. Notes on the annual juvenile siganid harvest in Guam. Micronesica, 12, 323-325.
20. Leis, J.M., 1991. The pelagic stage of reef fishes: the larval biology of coral reef fishes. In The ecology of fishes on coral reefs (ed. P.P. Sale), pp. 183-230. Academic Press Inc., San Diego.
21. Letourneur, Y., 1992. Dynamique des peuplements ichtyologiques des platiers récifaux de l'île de la Réunion. Thèse Océanographie Biologique., Université d'Aix-Marseille 2, France.
22. Letourneur, Y., 1996. Dynamics of fish communities on Réunion friging reefs, Indian Ocean. I: patterns of spatial distribution. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 195, 1-30.
23. Letourneur, Y. & Chabanet P., 1994. Variations spatio-temporelles de l'ichtyofaune de platiers récifaux à La Réunion. Cybium, 18, 25-38.
24. Meekan, M.G., 1988. Settlement and mortality patterns of juvenile reef fishes at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef. In Proceedings of the 6th International Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, Australia, 8-12 August, 1988, vol. 2 (ed. J.H. Choat et al.), pp. 779-784. Townsville, Australia: 6th ICRS Executive Committee.
25. Montaggioni, L.F. & Faure, G., 1980. Les récifs coralliens des Mascareignes. Collection des Travaux de l'Université Française de l'Océan Indien, 1, 1-151.
26. Munro, J.L., 1987. Workshop synthesis and directions for future research. In Tropical snappers and groupers: biology and fisheries management (ed. JJ. Polovina and S. Ralston), pp. 639-659. Boulder: Westview Press, Inc.
27. Naim, O., 1993. Seasonal responses of a fringing reef community to eutrophication (Réunion Island, western Indian Ocean). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 99, 307-315.
28. Pillai, C.S.G., Mohan, M. & Kunhikoya, K.K., 1983. On an unusual massive recruitment of the reef fish Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennet) (Perciformes: Acanthuridae) to the Minicoy atoll and its significance. Indian Journal of Fishes, 30, 261-268.
29. Quod, J.P., 1994. Ostreopsis mascarenensis sp. nov. (Dinophycae), dinoflagellé toxique associé à la ciguatera dans l'Océan Indien. Cryptologie et Algologie, in press.
30. Reintjes, J.W. & King, J.W., 1953. Food of the yellowfin tuna in the central Pacific. Fisheries Bulletin, 54, 92-110.
31. Robertson, D.R., 1988. Extreme variation in settlement of the Caribbean triggerfish Balistes vetula in Panama. Copeia 1988, 3, 698-703.
32. Roux, O., 1994. Biologie et écologie du pêche-cavale (Selar crumenocephalus) à lile de La Réunion. Mémoire DEA Université d'Aix-Marseille 2, 40 pp.
33. Sale, P.F., 1991. Reef fish communities: open nonequilibrial systems. In The ecology of fishes on coral reefs (ed. P.P. Sale), pp. 564-598. San Diego: Academic Press Inc.
34. Schultz, E.T. & Cowen, R.K., 1994. Recruitment of coral-reef fishes to Bermuda: local retention or long-distance transport? Marine Ecology Progres Series, 109, 15-28.
35. Shenker, J.M., Maddox, E.D., Wishinski, E., Pearl, A., Thorrold, S.R. & Smith, N., 1993. Onshore transport of settlement-stage Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus and other fishes in Exuma Sound, Bahamas. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 98, 31-43.
36. Shulman, M.J. & Ogden, J.C., 1987. What controls tropical reef fish populations: recruitment or benthic mortality? An example in the Caribbean reef fish Haemulon flavolineatum. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 39, 233-242.
37. Thorrold, S.R., Shenker, J.M., Wishinski, E., Mojica, R. & Maddox, E.D., 1994. Larval supply of shorefishes to nursery habitats around Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. I. Small-scale distribution patterns. Marine Biology, 118, 555-566.
38. Tupper, M. & Boutilier, R.G., 1995. Effects of conspecific density on settlement, growth and post-settlement survival of a temperate reef fish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 191, 209-222.
39. Tupper, M. & Hunte, W., 1994. Recruitment dynamics of coral reef fishes in Barbados. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 108, 225-235.
40. Victor, B.C., 1986. Larval settlement and juvenile mortality in a recruitment-limited coral reef fish population. Ecological Monographs, 56, 145-160.
41. Victor, B.C., 1991. Settlement strategies and biogeography of reef fishes. In The ecology of fishes on coral reefs (ed. P.P. Sale), pp. 231-260. San Diego: Academic Press Inc.