Current status of cockle bed restoration in New Zealand

Aquaculture International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-97

  Marsden, Islay D ^a   Adkins, Suzanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Austrovenus stutchburyi; Closures; Cockle beds; Growth rates; Population structure; Transplant

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CLOSURE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHELL BED; TRANSPLANTATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

AUSTROVENUS STUCHBURII; BIVALVIA;

EID: 76649096677     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: 1573143X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10499-009-9270-6     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Arnold WS (2001) Bivalve enhancement and restoration strategies in Florida, U. S. A. Hydrobiologia 456: 7-19.
2. Azouzi L, Bourget E, Borcard D (2002) Spatial variation in the intertidal bivalve Macoma balthica: biotic variables in relation to density and abiotic factors. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 234: 159-170.
3. Beal BF (2006) Relative importance of predation and intraspecific competition in regulating growth and survival of juveniles of the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria L., at several spatial scales. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 336: 1-17.
4. Blackwell RG (1984) Aspects of the population dynamics of Chione stutchburyi in Ohiwa Harbour, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. PhD thesis, University of Auckland.
5. Bolton-Ritchie L (2005) Sediments and macrobiota of the intertidal flats of inner Akaroa Harbour. Environment Canterbury Technical Report U05/64, 36 pp.
6. Bolton-Ritchie L, Main M (2005) Nutrient water quality Avon-Heathcote Ihutai. Inputs, concentrations and potential effects. Environment Canterbury Report UO5/71.
7. Booth JD, Cox O (2003) Marine fisheries enhancement in New Zealand: our perspective. NZ J Mar Freshwat Res 37: 673-690.
8. Breen PA, Carbines GC, Kendrick TH (1999) Stock assessments of cockles in Papanui and Waitati Inlets, Otago harbour, and Purakanui, Otago. Final report for the Ministry of Fisheries research project COC9701.
9. Bressington M (2003) The effects of macroalgae mats on the marine benthic fauna in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary. MSc thesis, University of Canterbury.
10. Cryer M, Watson TG, Smith MD, MacKay G, Tasker R (2004) Biomass survey and stock assessment of cockles on Snake Bank, Whangarei Harbour, 2003. Final Report, Ministry of Fisheries Project COC2002/01.
11. Cummings VJ, Schneider DC, Wilkinson MR (1997) Multiscale experimental analysis of aggregative responses of mobile predators to infaunal prey. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 216: 211-227.
12. Cummings V, Hewitt J, Halliday J, MacKay G (2007) Optimizing the success of Austrovenus stutchburyi restoration: preliminary investigations in a New Zealand estuary. J Shell Res 26: 89-100.
13. De Luca-Abbott S (2001) Biomarkers of sublethal stress in the soft-sediment bivalve Austrovenus stutchburyi exposed in-situ to contaminated sediment in an urban New Zealand harbour. Mar Poll Bull 42: 817-825.
14. De Luca-Abbott S, Creese RG, Lewis GD, Wells RMG (2000) Adenylate energy charge and total adenylate nucleotide pool as biomarkers of sublethal stress in the cockle, Austrovenus stutchburyi. Aust J Ecotox 6: 35-44.
15. Dobbinson SJ, Barker MF, Jillett JB (1989) Experimental shore level transplantation of the New Zealand cockle Chione stutchburyi. J Shell Res 9: 197-212.
16. Enderby J, Enderby T (2006) A guide to New Zealand's marine reserves. New Holland Publishers, NZ.
17. French-McKay DP, Peterson CH, DeAlteris JT, Catena J (2003) Restoration that targets function as opposed to structure: replacing lost bivalve production and filtration. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 264: 197-212.
18. Gagné F, Blaise C, Pellerin J, Fournier M, Durand MJ, Talbot A (2008) Relationships between intertidal clam population and health status of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Saguenay Fjord (Québec, Canada). Environ Internat 34: 30-43.
19. Grant CM, Hay BE (2003) A review of issues related to depletion of populations of selected infaunal bivalve species in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. AquaBio Consultants Ltd., 166 pp.
20. Hauraki Maori Trust Board (2003) Strategic plan for the customary fisheries of Hauraki. Available online at: http://www. hauraki. iwi. nz/resources/publications_pdf/Customary%20Fishery%20strategic%20%20plan. pdf.
21. Hewitt JE, Norkko J (2007) Incorporating temporal variability of stressors into studies: an example using suspension-feeding bivalves and elevated suspended sediment concentrations. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 341: 131-141.
22. Hewitt JE, Thrush SF, Cummings VJ, Pridmore RD (1996) Matching patterns with processes: predicting the effect of size and mobility on the spatial distributions of the bivalves Macomona liliana and Austrovenus stutchbury. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 135: 57-67.
23. Hewitt JE, Thrush SF, Dayton PK, Bonsdorff E (2007) The effect of spatial and temporal heterogeneity on the design and analysis of empirical studies of scale-dependent systems. Am Nat 169: 398-408.
24. Jenkins RJ (1985) Mussel cultivation in the Marlborough Sounds (New Zealand). Fishing Industry Board, New Zealand.
25. Kassner J, Malouf RE (1982) An evaluation of "spawner transplants" as a management tool in Long Island's hard clam fishery. J Shell Res 2: 165-172.
26. Larcombe MF (1971) The ecology, population dynamics and energetics of some soft shore molluscs. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Auckland.
27. Lock K, Leslie S (2007) New Zealand's quota management system: A history of the first 20 years. Motu Working Paper 07-02. Motu Economic and Public Policy Research funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries, 75 pp.
28. Lundquist CJ, Pilditch CA, Cummings VJ (2004) Behaviour controls post-settlement dispersal by the juvenile bivalves Austrovenus stutchburyi and Macomona liliana. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 306: 51-74.
29. Mackenzie L, White D, Adamson J (1996) Temporal variation and tissue localization of paralytic shellfish toxins in the New Zealand tuatua (surfclam), Paphies subtriangulata. J Shell Res 15: 735-740.
30. Manzi JJ, Hadley NH, Maddox MB (1986) Seed clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, culture in an experimental-scale upflow nursery system. Aquaculture 54: 301-311.
31. Marelli DC, Arnold WS (1996) Growth and mortality of transplanted juvenile hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, in the northern Indian River Lagoon, Florida. J Shell Res 15: 709-713.
32. Marsden ID (1993) Effects of algal blooms on shellfish biology and metabolism. In: Marine toxins and New Zealand shellfish. Proceedings of a workshop on research issues, 10-11 June 1993. R Soc NZ Misc Ser 24: 23-27.
33. Marsden ID (2004) Effects of reduced salinity and seston availability on growth of the New Zealand little-neck clam Austrovenus stutchburyi. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 266: 157-171.
34. Marsden ID, Bull MF (2006) Chapter 31. New Zealand scallops. In: Shumway SE, Parsons J (eds) Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture, developments in fisheries science, pp 1413-1426.
35. Marsden ID, Pilkington RM (1995) Spatial and temporal variations in the condition of Austrovenus stutchburyi Findlay, 1927 (Bivalvia: Veneridae) from the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch. NZ Nat Sci 22: 57-67.
36. Martin ND (1984) Chione (Austrovenus) stutchburyi (Gray): population responses to exploitation. MSc thesis, University of Auckland.
37. McKenzie JR, Cryer M, Breen PA, Kim S (2003) A length-based model for cockles on Snake Bank, Whangarei harbour, 2002. Final Research Report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project COC2001/01.
38. Morrison MA, Browne GN (1999) Intertidal shellfish population surveys in the Auckland region, 1998-1999, and associated yield estimates. NZ Fisheries Assessment Research Document 99/43.
39. New Zealand Resource Management Act (1991) Available online at: http://www. mfe. govt. nz/rma/.
40. Norkko J (2005) Indicators of short-term growth in bivalves: detecting environmental change across ecological scales. PhD thesis, University of Auckland.
41. Norkko J, Pilditch CA, Thrush SF, Wells RMG (2005) Effects of food availability and hypoxia on bivalves: the value of using multiple parameters to measure bivalve condition in environmental studies. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 298: 205-218.
42. Norkko J, Hewitt JE, Thrush SF (2006) Effects of increased sedimentation on the physiology of two estuarine soft-sediment bivalves, Austrovenus stutchburyi and Paphies australis. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 333: 12-26.
43. NZ Ministry of Fisheries Report (2007) http://fpcs. fish. govt. nz/science/documents/Plenary/COCintro_FINAL%2008. pdf.
44. Peterson CH, Summerson HC, Huber J (1995) Replenishment of hard clam stocks using hatchery seed: combined importance of bottom type, seed size, planting season, and density. J Shell Res 14: 293-300.
45. Pirker J (2008) South Island customary fisheries management and conservation. In: Natural history of Canterbury. Published by the University of Canterbury Press, pp 843-844.
46. Rhodes LL, Mackenzie AL, Kaspar HF, Todd KE (2001) Harmful algae and mariculture in New Zealand. ICES J Mar Sci 58: 398-403.
47. Rice MA, Valliere A, Caporelli A (2000) A review of shellfish restoration and management projects in Rhode Island. J Shell Res 19: 401-408.
48. Smaal AC, Haas HA (1997) Seston dynamics and food availability on mussel and cockle beds. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 45: 247-259.
49. Stephenson RL (1981) Aspects of the energetics of the cockle Chione (Austrovenus) stutchburyi in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch. PhD thesis, University of Canterbury.
50. Stephenson RL, Chanley PE (1979) Larval development of the cockle Chione stutchburyi (Bivalvia: Veneridae) reared in the laboratory. NZ J Zool 6: 553-560.
51. Stewart MJ (2005) Ecological effects associated with urban development on populations of the New Zealand cockle (Austrovenus stutchburyi). PhD thesis, University of Auckland.
52. Stewart MJ, Creese RG (2002) Transplants of intertidal shellfish for enhancement of depleted populations: preliminary trials with the New Zealand little neck clam. J Shellfish Res 21: 21-27.
53. Suzuki T, Mackenzie L, Stirling D, Adamson J (2001) Conversion of pectenotoxin-2 to pectenotoxin-2 seco acid in the New Zealand scallop, Pecten novaezelandiae. Fish Sci 67: 506-510.
54. Tallis HM, Wing SR, Frew RD (2004) Historical evidence for habitat conversion and local population decline in a New Zealand fjord. Ecol Appl 14: 546-554.
55. Thrush SF, Hewitt JE, Herman PMJ, Ysebaert T (2005) Multi-scale analysis of species-environment relationships. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 302: 13-26.
56. Voller R (2006) Report on Koukourarata cockle bed surveys at Port levy 1997-2006. Ministry of Fisheries Report, Dunedin.
57. Wada KT (1993) Bivalve broodstock developments in Japan. World Aquac 24: 54-57.