Hypoxia tolerance of juvenile weakfish (Cynoscion regalis): Laboratory assessment of growth and behavioral avoidance responses

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 381, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Stierhoff, Kevin L ^a   Tyler, Robin M ^a   Targett, Timothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior; Growth; Hypoxia; Nursery habitat; Weakfish

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOXIA; JUVENILE; PERCIFORM; TOLERANCE;

CYNOSCION REGALIS;

EID: 71849097860     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Able K.W., and Fahay M.P. The First Year in the Life of Estuarine Fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight (1998), Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ Vol.
2. Anderson J.T. A review of size dependent survival during pre-recruit stages of fishes in relation to recruitment. J. Northwest Atl. Fish. Sci. 8 (1988) 55-66
3. Anderson T.H., and Taylor G.T. Nutrient pulses, plankton blooms, and seasonal hypoxia in Western Long Island Sound. Estuaries 24 (2001) 228-243
4. Baden S.P., Loo L.O., Pihl L., and Rosenberg R. Effects of eutrophication on benthic communities including fish: Swedish west coast. Ambio 19 (1990) 113-122
5. Bejda A.J., Phelan B.A., and Studholme A.L. The effect of dissolved oxygen on the growth of young-of-the-year winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus. Environ. Biol. Fish 34 (1992) 321-327
6. Brady D.C., Targett T.E., and Tuzzolino D.M. Behavioral responses of juvenile weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) to diel-cycling hypoxia: swimming speed, angular correlation, expected displacement, and effects of hypoxia acclimation. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66 (2009) 415-424
7. Brett J.R., and Groves T.D.D. Physiological energetics. In: Hoar W.S., Randall D.J., and Brett J.R. (Eds). Fish Physiology Vol. 8 (1979), Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, FL 279-352
8. Chabot D., and Dutil J.D. Reduced growth of Atlantic cod in non-lethal hypoxic conditions. J. Fish Biol. 55 (1999) 472-491
9. Crocker C.E., and Cech Jr. J.J. Effects of environmental hypoxia on oxygen consumption rate and swimming activity in juvenile white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, in relation to temperature and life intervals. Environ. Biol. Fish 50 (1997) 383-389
10. D'Avanzo C., and Kremer J.N. Diel oxygen dynamics and anoxic events in an eutrophic estuary of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Estuaries 17 (1994) 131-139
11. Diaz R.J. Overview of hypoxia around the world. J. Environ. Qual. 30 (2001) 275-281
12. Eby L.A., and Crowder L.B. Hypoxia-based habitat compression in the Neuse River Estuary: context-dependent shifts in behavioral avoidance thresholds. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59 (2002) 952-965
13. Garlo E.V., Milstein C.B., and Jahn A.E. Impact of hypoxic conditions in the vicinity of Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey in Summer 1976. Estuar. Coast Mar. Sci. 8 (1979) 421-432
14. Gibson R.N. Impact of habitat quality and quantity on the recruitment of juvenile flatfishes. Neth. J. Sea Res. 32 (1994) 191-206
15. Grecay P.A., and Targett T.E. Spatial patterns in condition and feeding of juvenile weakfish in Delaware Bay. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 125 (1996) 803-808
16. Grecay P.A., and Stierhoff K.L. A device for simultaneously controlling multiple treatment levels of dissolved oxygen in laboratory experiments. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 280 (2002) 53-62
17. Hales L.S., and Able K.W. Effects of oxygen concentration on somatic and otolith growth rates of juvenile black sea bass, Centropristis striata. In: Secor D.H., Dean J.M., and Campana S.E. (Eds). Recent Developments in Fish Otolith Research (1995), University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC 135-153
18. Heath A.G. Environmental hypoxia. Water pollution and fish physiology (1995), CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL 15-45
19. Joseph E.G. Analyses of a nursery ground. In: Pacheco A.L. (Ed). Proceedings of a Workshop on Egg, Larval and Juvenile Stages of Fish in Atlantic Coast Estuaries (1973), Mid-Atlantic Coastal Fish Center, Highlands, NJ 118-121
20. Kennish M.J. Environmental threats and environmental future of estuaries. Environ. Conserv. 29 (2002) 78-107
21. Lankford Jr. T.E., and Targett T.E. Suitability of estuarine nursery zones for juvenile weakfish (Cynoscion regalis): effects of temperature and salinity on feeding, growth and survival. Mar. Biol. 119 (1994) 611-620
22. Litvin S.Y., and Weinstein M.P. Life history strategies of estuarine nekton: the role of marsh macrophytes, benthic microalgae, and phytoplankton in the trophic spectrum. Estuaries 26 (2003) 552-562
23. McNatt R.A., and Rice J.A. Hypoxia-induced growth rate reduction in two juvenile estuary-dependent fishes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 311 (2004) 147-156
24. Miller J.M., Crowder L.B., and Moser M.L. Migration and utilization of estuarine nurseries by juvenile fishes: an evolutionary perspective. In: Rankin M.A., Checkley D., Cullen J., Kitting C., and Thomas P. (Eds). Contributions in Marine Science (1985), Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX 338-352
25. Miller D.C., Poucher S.L., and Coiro L. Determination of lethal dissolved oxygen levels for selected marine and estuarine fishes, crustaceans, and a bivalve. Mar. Biol. 140 (2002) 287-296
26. Officer C.B., Biggs R.B., Taft J.L., Cronin L.E., Tyler M.A., and Boynton W.R. Chesapeake Bay anoxia: origin, development, and significance. Science 223 (1984) 22-26
27. Paerl H.W., Pinckney J.L., Fear J.M., and Peierls B.L. Ecosystem responses to internal and watershed organic matter loading: consequences for hypoxia in the eutrophying Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 166 (1998) 17-25
28. Paperno R., Targett T.E., and Grecay P.A. Spatial and temporal variation in recent growth, overall growth, and mortality of juvenile weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) in Delaware Bay. Estuaries 23 (2000) 10-20
29. Parker C.A., and O'Reilly J.E. Oxygen depletion in Long Island Sound: a historical perspective. Estuaries 14 (1991) 248-264
30. Pihl L., Baden S.P., and Diaz R.J. Effects of periodic hypoxia on distribution of demersal fish and crustaceans. Mar. Biol. 108 (1991) 349-360
31. Poucher S.L., and Coiro L. Test reports: effects of low dissolved oxygen on saltwater animals. Memorandum to D.C. Miller., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, Rhode Island (1997)
32. Rabalais N.N., and Turner R.E. Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems (2001), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
33. Ricker W.E. Computation and Interpretation of Biological Statistics of Fish Populations (1975), Department of the Environment, Fisheries and Marine Service, Ottawa
34. Schurmann H., and Steffensen J.F. Spontaneous swimming activity of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua exposed to graded hypoxia at three temperatures. J. Exp. Biol. 197 (1994) 129-142
35. Shimps E.L., Rice J.A., and Osborne J.A. Hypoxia tolerance in two juvenile estuary-dependent fishes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 325 (2005) 146-162
36. Sogard S.M. Size-selective mortality in the juvenile stage of teleost fishes: a review. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60 (1997) 1129-1157
37. Sokal R.R., and Rohlf F.J. Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. 3rd ed. (1995), WH Freeman and Co., NY
38. SPSS. SPSS 11 for Windows, Chicago, IL (2003)
39. Stierhoff K.L., Targett T.E., and Miller K. Ecophysiological impacts of hypoxia on juvenile summer and winter flounder: experimental and modeling assessment of estuarine nursery quality. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 325 (2006) 255-266
40. Stierhoff K.L., Targett T.E., and Power J.H. Hypoxia-induced growth limitation of juvenile fishes in an estuarine nursery: assessment of small-scale temporal dynamics using RNA:DNA. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66 (2009) 1033-1047
41. Taylor J.C., and Miller J.M. Physiological performance of juvenile southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma (Jordan and Gilbert, 1884), in chronic and episodic hypoxia. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 258 (2001) 195-214
42. Tyler R.M., and Targett T.E. Juvenile weakfish Cynoscion regalis distribution in relation to diel-cycling dissolved oxygen in an estuarine tributary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 333 (2007) 257-269
43. Tyler R.M., Brady D.C., and Targett T.E. Temporal and spatial dynamics of diel-cycling hypoxia in estuarine tributaries. Estuar. Coasts 32 (2009) 123-145
44. Wannamaker C.M., and Rice J.A. Effects of hypoxia on movements and behavior of selected estuarine organisms from the southeastern United States. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 249 (2000) 145-163