Acoustic observation of diel vertical migration and shoaling behaviour in Atlantic redfishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1135-1153

  Gauthier, S ^a,b   Rose, G A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diel; Packing density; Sebastes; Shoaling behaviour; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DIEL MIGRATION; FISH; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

CANADA;

EUPHAUSIIDAE; PISCES; SEBASTES; TRACHICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 0036870199     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02461.x     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Aglen, A., Engas, A., Huse, I., Michalsen, K. & Stenholt, B. K. (1999). How vertical fish distribution may affect survey results. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56, 345-360.
2. Arnold, G. P. & Walker, M. G. (1992). Vertical movements of cod in the open sea and the hydrostatic function of the swimbladder. ICES Journal of Marine Science 49, 357-372.
3. Atkinson, D. B. (1989). Diel movements of beaked redfish and the implications of these to stratified random bottom trawl estimates of biomass and abundance. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 9, 163-170.
4. Beamish, F. W. H. (1966). Vertical migration by demersal fish in the Northwest Atlantic. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 23, 109-139.
5. Bevelhimer, M. S. & Adams, S. M. (1993). A bioenergetics analysis of diel vertical migration by kokanee salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50, 2236-2349.
6. Blaber, S. J. & Bulman, C. M. (1987). Diets of fish of the upper continental slope of eastern Tasmania: Content, calorific values, dietary overlap, and trophic relationships. Marine Biology 95, 345-356.
7. Blaxter, J. H. S. (1980). Vision and feeding in fishes. In Fish Behavior and its Use in the Capture and Culture of Fishes (Bordoch, J. E., Magnuson, J. J., May, R. C. & Reinhart, J. M., eds). ICLARM Conference Proceedings 5.
8. Breder, C. M. Jr (1959). Studies on social groupings of fishes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 117, 393-482.
9. Brett, J. R. (1971). Energetic responses of salmon to temperature. A study of some thermal relations in physiology and freshwater ecology of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). American Zoologist 11, 99-113.
10. Casas, J. M. & Paz, J. (1996). Recent changes in the feeding of cod (Gadus morhua) off the Flemish Cap, Newfoundland 1989-1993. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53, 750-756.
11. Clark, C. W. & Levy, D. A. (1988). Diel vertical migration by juvenile sockeye salmon and the antipredation window. American Naturalist 131, 271-290.
12. Clark, D. S. & Green, J. M. (1991). Seasonal variation in temperature preference of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), with evidence supporting an energetic basis for their diel vertical migration. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69, 1302-1307.
13. Cushing, D. H. & Harden Jones, F. R. (1968). Why do fish school? Nature 218, 918-920.
14. Eggers, D. M. (1978). Limnetic feeding behavior of juvenile sockeye salmon in Lake Washington and predator avoidance. Limnology and Oceanography 23, 1114-1125.
15. Fernö A., Pitcher, T. J., Nøttestad, L., Melle, W., Mackinson, S., Hollingworth, C. & Misund, O. A. (1998). The challenge of the herring in the Norwegian Sea: Making optimal collective spatial decisions. Sarsia 83, 149-167.
16. Foote, K. G., Knudsen, H. P., Vestnes, G., MacLennan, D. N. & Simmonds, E. J. (1987). Calibration of acoustic instruments for fish density estimation: A practical guide. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Cooperative Research Report 144.
17. Fréon, P. & Misund, O. A. (1999). Dynamics of Pelagic Fish Distribution and Behavior: Effects on Fisheries and Stock Assessment. London: Blackwell Fishing News Book.
18. Fréon, P., Gerlotto, F. & Soria, M. (1992). Changes in school structure according to external stimuli: Description and influence on acoustic assessment. Fisheries Research 15, 45-66.
19. Fréon, P., Gerlotto, F. & Soria, M. (1996). Diel variability of school structure with special reference of transition periods. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53, 459-464.
20. Fortier, L. & Leggett, W. C. (1983). Vertical migrations and transport of larval fish in a partially mixed estuary. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40, 1543-1555.
21. Gauthier, S. & Rose, G. A. (2001). The target strength of encaged Atlantic redfish (Sebastes spp.). ICES Journal of Marine Science 58, 562-568.
22. Gauthier, S. & Rose, G. A. (2002a). In situ target strength studies on Atlantic redfish (Sebastes spp.). ICES Journal of Marine Science 59, 805-815.
23. Gauthier, S. & Rose, G. A. (2002b). An hypothesis on endogenous hydrostasis in Atlantic redfish (Sebastes spp.). Fisheries Research 58, 227-230.
24. Gonzalez, C., Bruno, I. & Paz, X. (2001). Food and feeding of deep-sea redfish (Sebastes mentella Travin) in the North Atlantic. Science Council Research Document, NAFO 33, 89-101.
25. Gordoa, A. & Duarte, C. M. (1991). Size-dependent spatial distribution of hake (Merluccius capensis and Merluccius paradoxus) in Namibian waters. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Seiences 48, 2095-2099.
26. Gorelova, T. A. & Borodulin, O. D. (1997). Feeding spectra of young deepwater redfish Sebastes mentella and redfish S. marinus in the Greenland shelf area. Journal of Ichthyology 37, 779-785.
27. Hamilton, W. D. (1971). Geometry for the selfish herd. Journal of Theoretical Biology 31, 295-311.
28. Harden Jones, F. R. & Sholes, P. (1981). The swimbladder, vertical movements, and the target strength of fish. In Meeting on Hydroacoustical Methods for the Estimation of Marine Fish Populations. 25-29 June 1979. Contributed Papers, Discussion, and Comments, Vol. II (Suomala, J. B., ed.). Cambridge: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.
29. Kieser, R., Mulligan, T. J., Richards, L. J. & Leaman, B. M. (1993). Bias correction of rockfish school cross section widths from digitized echo sounder data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50, 1801-1811.
30. Lack, D. L. (1954). The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
31. Lawson, G. A., Barange, M. & Fréon, P. (2001). Species identification of pelagic fish schools on the South African continental shelf using acoustic descriptors and ancillary information. ICES Journal of Marine Science 58, 275-287.
32. Lea, R. N., McAllister, R. D. & VanTresca, D. A. (1999). Biological aspects of nearshore rockfishes of the genus Sebastes from central California: With notes on ecologically related sport fishes. California Department of Fish and Game Fish Bulletin 177.
33. Leaman, B. M., Kieser, R., Whitler, P. & Stanley, R. D. (1990). W.E. Ricker hydroacoustic cruise to study rockfish behaviour off northern Vancouver Island, March 14-23, 1990. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2091.
34. LeFeuvre, P., Rose, G. A., Gosine, R., Hale, R., Pearson, W. & Khan, R. (2000). Acoustic species identification in the Northwest Atlantic using digital image processing. Fisheries Research 47, 137-147.
35. Levy, D. A. (1990). Reciprocal diel vertical migration behavior in planktivores and zooplankton in British-Columbia lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47, 1755-1764.
36. Mackinson, S. (1999). Variation in the structure and distribution of pre-spawning Pacific herring shoals in two regions of British Columbia. Journal of Fish Biology 55, 972-989. doi:10.10006/jfbi.1999.1104.
37. Misund, O. A. (1993). Dynamics of moving masses: Variability in packing density, shape, and size among herring, sprat, and saithe schools. ICES Journal of Marine Science 50, 145-160.
38. Misund, O. A. & Floen, S. (1993). Packing density structure of herring schools. ICES Marine Science Symposium 196, 26-29.
39. Misund, O. A., Aglen, A. & Frønæs, E. (1995). Mapping the shape, size, and density of fish schools by echo integration and a high-resolution sonar. ICES Journal of Marine Science 52, 11-20.
40. Morgan, M. J., Deblois, E. M. & Rose, G. A. (1997), An observation on the reaction of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in a spawning shoal to bottom trawling. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54(Suppl. 1), 217-223.
41. Nagtegaal, D. A. (1983). Identification and description of assemblages of some commercially important rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) off British Colombia. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1183.
42. Neilson, J. D. & Perry, R. I. (1990). Did vertical migrations of marine fishes: An obligate or facultative process? Advances in Marine Biology 26, 115-168.
43. Nøttestad, L., Aksland, M., Bettestad, A., Ferno, A., Johannesson, A. & Misund, O. A. (1996). Schooling dynamics of Norwegian spring spawning herring (Clupea harengus L.) in a coastal spawning area. Sarsia 80, 277-284.
44. Partridge, B. L., Pitcher, T. J., Cullen, J. M. & Wilson, J. P. F. (1980). The three-dimensional structure of fish schools. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 6, 277-288.
45. Pearcy, W. G. (1992). Movements of acoustically-tagged yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) on Heceta Bank, Oregon. Fishery Bulletin 90, 726-735.
46. Petrakis, G., MacLennan, D. N. & Newton, A. W. (2001). Day-night and depth effects on catch rates during trawl surveys in the North Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 58, 50-60.
47. Pitcher, T. J. (1983). Heuristic definition of shoaling behavior. Animal Behavior 31, 611-613.
48. Pitcher, T. J. & Parrish, J. K. (1993). Functions of shoaling behavior in teleosts. In Behavior of Teleost Fishes (Pitcher, T. J., ed.). New York: Chapman & Hall.
49. Pitcher, T. J. & Partridge, B. L. (1979). Fish school density and volume. Marine Biology 54, 383-394.
50. Reid, D. G. & Simmonds, E. J. (1993). Image analysis techniques for the study of fish school structure from acoustic survey data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50, 886-893.
51. Roe, H. S. J. (1983). Vertical distributions of euphausiids and fish in relation to light intensity in the Northwestern Atlantic. Marine Biology 77, 287-298.
52. Romey, W. L. (1997). Inside or outside? Testing evolutionary predictions of positional effects. In Animal Groups in Three Dimensions (Parrish, J. K. & Hamner, W. M., eds), pp. 174-193. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
53. Roque, S., Sevigny, J. & Bernatchez, L. (2001). Evidence for broadscale introgressive hybridization between two red fish (genus Sebastes) in the North-west Atlantic: A rare marine example. Molecular Ecology 10, 149-165.
54. Rose, G. A. & Leggett, W. C. (1988). Hydroacoustic signal classification of fish schools by species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45, 597-604.
55. Sameoto, D. D. (1988). Feeding of lanternfish (Benthosema glaciale) off the Nova Scotia Shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series 44, 113-129.
56. Scalabrin, C. & Massé, J. (1993). Acoustic detection of the spatial and temporal distribution of fish shoals in the Bay of Biscay. Aquatic Living Resources 6, 269-283.
57. Serebrov, L. I. (1976). Relationship between school density and size of fish. Journal of Ichthyology 16, 135-140.
58. Stanley, R. D., Kieser, R., Leaman, B. M. & Cooke, K. G. (1999). Diel vertical migration by yellowtail rockfish, Sebastes flavidus, and its impact on acoustic biomass estimation. Fishery Bulletin 97, 320-331.
59. Soria, M., Fréon, P. & Gerlotto, F. (1996). Analysis of vessel influence on spatial behavior of fish school using a multi beam sonar and consequences for biomass estimates by echo-sounder. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53, 453-458.
60. Swartzman, G., Stuetzle, W., Kulman, K. & Powojowski, M. (1994). Relating the distribution of pollock schools in the Bering Sea to environmental factors. ICES Journal of Marine Science 51, 481-492.
61. Templeman, W. (1959). Redfish distribution in the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 120.
62. Turuk, T. N. (1973). Diurnal periodicity in feeding and the vertical movements of the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Journal of Ichthyology 13, 275-288.
63. Well, A., Scalabrin, C. & Diner, N. (1993). MOVIES-B: An acoustic detection description software. Application to shoal species' classification. Aquatic Living Resources 6, 255-267.
64. Wilkins, M. E. (1986). Development and evaluation of methodologies for assessing and monitoring the abundance of widow rockfish, Sebastes entomelas. Fishery Bulletin 84, 287-310.
65. Wurtsbaugh, W. A. & Neverman, D. (1988). Post-feeding thermotaxis and daily vertical migration in larval fish. Nature 333, 846-848.