Relative abundance, growth, and mortality of five age-0 estuarine fishes in relation to discharge of the Suwannee River, Florida

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1233-1246

  Purtlebaugh, Caleb H ^a   Allen, Micheal S ^b  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DATA SET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; IMPOUNDMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CYNOSCION ARENARIUS; CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; LAGODON; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS; PISCES; SCIAENOPS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 79953692553     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-180.1     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Baird, D., and J. J. Heymans. 1996. Assessment of ecosystem changes in response to freshwater inflow of the Kromme River estuary, St Francis Bay, South Africa: a network analysis approach. Water S A (Pretoria) 22:307-318.
2. Bales, J. D., S. A. Tomlinson, and G. Tillis. 2006. Flow and transport in the Suwannee River estuary, Florida, 1999-2000, analysis of data and three-dimensional simulations. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1656-B.
3. Browder, J. A. 1991. Watershed management and the importance of freshwater flow to estuaries. Pages 7-22 in S. F. Treat and P. A. Clark, editors. Proceedings, Tampa Bay Area Scientific Information, Symposium 2. U.S. Geological Survey and Tampa Bay Estuary Program, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Tampa, Florida.
4. Champalbert, G., A. Bourdillon, C. Castellon, D. Chikhi, L. Le Direach-Boyrsier, C. Macquart-Moulin, and G. Patriti. 1989. Determinisme des migrations des larves et juveniles de soles. [Determining the migration of larval and juvenile soles.] Océanis 15:171-180.
5. Champalbert, G., and C. Koutsikopoulos. 1995. Behavior transport and recruitment of Bay of Biscay sole (Solea solea): laboratory and field studies. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 75:93-108.
6. Costa, M. J., R. Vasconcelos, J. L. Costa, and H. N. Cabral. 2007. River flow influence on the fish community of the Tagus estuary (Portugal). Hydrobiologia 587:113-123.
7. Deegan, L. A. 1990. Effects of estuarine environmental conditions on population dynamics of young-of-the-year Gulf menhaden. Marine Ecology Progress Series 68:195-205.
8. Drinkwater, K. F., and K. T. Frank. 1994. Effects of river regulation and diversion on marine fish and invertebrates. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 4:135-151.
9. Fernández-Delgado, C., F. Baldó, C. Vilas, D. García-Gonzalez, J. A. Cuesta, E. González-Ortegón, and P. Drake. 2007. Effects of the river discharge management on the nursery function of the Guadalquivir River estuary (SW Spain). Hydrobiologia 587:125-136.
10. Garcia, A. M., J. P. Vieira, and K. O. Winemiller. 2003. Effects of 1997-1998 El Ni~no on the dynamics of the shallow-water fish assemblage of the Patos Lagoon estuary (Brazil). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 57:489-500.
11. Gillanders, B. M., and M. J. Kingsford. 2002. Impact of changes in flow of freshwater on estuarine and open coastal habitats and the associated organisms. Oceanography and Marine Biology an Annual Review 40:233-309.
12. Govoni, J. J. 1997. The association of the population recruitment of Gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, with Mississippi river discharge. Journal of Marine Systems 12:101-108.
13. Govoni, J. J., D. E. Hoss, and D. R. Colby. 1989. The spatial distribution of larval fishes about the Mississippi River plume. Limnology and Oceanography 34:178-187.
14. Grimes, C. B., and M. J. Kingsford. 1996. How do riverine plumes of different sizes influence fish larvae: do they enhance recruitment? Marine and Freshwater Research 47:191-208.
15. Hansen, D. J. 1969. Food, growth, migration, reproduction, and abundance of pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, and Atlantic croaker, Micropogon undulatus, near Pensacola, Florida. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin 68:135-146.
16. Lanier, J. M., and F. S. Scharf. 2007. Experimental investigation of spatial and temporal variation in estuarine growth of age-0 juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 349:131-141.
17. Livingston, R. J. 1984. Trophic response of fishes to habitat variability in coastal seagrass systems. Ecology 65:1258-1275.
18. Loneragan, N. R., and S. E. Bunn. 1999. River flows and estuarine ecosystems: implications for coastal fisheries from a review and a case study of the Logan river, southeast Queensland. Australian Journal of Ecology 24:431-440.
19. Mattson, R. A., and M. E. Rowan. 1989. The Suwannee River estuary: an overview of research and management needs. Pages 17-31 in F. E. Davis, editor. Water: laws and management. American Water Resources Association, Special Publication 89-4, Bethesda, Maryland.
20. McMichael, R. H. Jr., and K. M. Peters. 1989. Early life history of the spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, Pisces: Sciaenidae, in Tampa Bay, Florida. Estuaries 122:98-110.
21. Meyers, R. H. 1990. Classical and modern regression with applications. PWS-Kent, Boston.
22. Molles, M. C., and C. N. Dahm. 1990. A perspective on El Ni~no and La Ni~na; global implications for stream ecology. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 9:68-76.
23. Munch, S. B., and D. O. Conover. 2003. Rapid growth results in increased susceptibility to predation in Menidia menidia. Evolution 57:2119-2127.
24. Nemeth, D. J., J. B. Jackson, A. R. Knapp, and C. P. Purtlebaugh. 2006. Age and growth of sand seatrout (Cynoscion arenarius) in the estuarine waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science 24:45-60.
25. North, E. W., and E. D. Houde. 2001. Retention of white perch and striped bass larvae: biological physical interactions in Chesapeake Bay estuarine turbidity maximum. Estuaries 24:756-769.
26. North, E. W., and E. D. Houde. 2003. Linking ETM physics, zooplankton prey and fish early-life histories to striped bass Morone saxatilis and white perch M. americana recruitment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 260:219-236.
27. Peterman, R. M. 1990. Statistical power analysis can improve fisheries research and management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:2-15.
28. Peters, K. M., and R. H. McMichael. 1987. Early life history of the red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus (Pisces: Sciaenidae), in Tampa Bay, Florida. Estuaries 10:92-107.
29. Raabe, E. A., and E. Bialkowska-Jelinska. 2007. Temperature anomalies in the lower Suwannee River and tidal creeks, Florida, 2005. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2007-131, St. Petersburg, Florida.
30. Raabe, E. A., R. E. Edwards, C. C. Mcivor, J. W. Grubbs, and G. D. Dennis. 2007. Habitat and hydrology: assessing biological resources of the Suwannee River estuarine system. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2007-1382, St. Petersburg, Florida.
31. Rooker, J. R., S. Holt, J. Holt, and L. Fuiman. 1998. Spatial and temporal variability in growth, mortality, and recruitment potential of postsettlement red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus in a subtropical estuary. U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin 97:581-590.
32. Rutherford, E. S., E. D. Houde, and R. M. Nyman. 1997. Relationship of larval-stage growth and mortality to recruitment of striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries 20:174-198.
33. SAS Institute. 1989. SAS/STAT users guide, version 6, 4th edition, volume 2. SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina.
34. Shoji, J., and M. Tanaka. 2006. Influences of spring river flow on the recruitment of Japanese seaperch Lateolabrax japonicus into the Chikugo estuary, Japan. Scientia Marina 2:159-164.
35. Springer, V. G., and K. D. Woodburn. 1960. An ecological study of the fishes of the Tampa Bay area. Florida Board of Conservation Marine Laboratory Professional Paper Series 1:1-104.
36. Stewart, C. B., and F. S. Scharf. 2008. Estuarine recruitment, growth, and first-year survival of juvenile red drum in North Carolina. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:1089-1103.
37. Strydom, N. A., A. K. Whitfield, and A. W. Paterson. 2002. Influence of altered freshwater flow regimes on abundance of larval and juvenile Gilchristella aestuaria (Pisces: Clupeidae) in the upper reaches of two South African estuaries. Marine and Freshwater Research 53:431-438.
38. Tsou, T., and R. E. Matheson Jr. 2002. Season changes in the nekton community of the Suwannee River estuary and the potential impacts of fresh water withdrawal. Estuaries 25:1372-1381.
39. USGS (U.S. Geological Survey). 2006. Map of real-time streamflow compared to historical stream flow for the day of the year, Florida. Available: water. usgs. gov/cgi-bin/waterwatch?map_type=real&state=fl. (July 2006).
40. Van Horne, B. 1983. Density as a misleading indicator of habitat quality. Journal of Wildlife Management 47:893-901.
41. Walters, C. J., and J. F. Kitchell. 2001. Cultivation/ depensation effects on juvenile survival and recruitment: implications for the theory of fishing. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:39-50.
42. Walters, C. J., and J. D. Martell. 2004. Fisheries ecology and management. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
43. Walters, S. L. 2005. Mapping Tampa Bay Cynoscion nebulosus spawning habitat using passive acoustic surveys. Master's thesis. University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.
44. Weinstein, M. P. 1983. Population dynamics of an estuarine dependent fish, Leiostomus xanthurus, along a tidal creek-seagrass meadow coenocline. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40:1633-1638.
45. Whitfield, A. K. 1994. A review of the icthyofaunal biodiversity in Southern African estuarine systems. Annales des Sciences Zooloiques Musée Royal del' Afrique Centrale 275:149-163.
46. Whitfield, A. K., and T. D. Harrison. 2003. River flow and fish abundance in a South Africa estuary. Journal of Fish Biology 62:1467-1472.
47. Wilber, D. H. 1994. The influence of Apalachicola River flows on blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, in north Florida. U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin 92:180-188.
48. Wooldridge, T. H., and C. Bailey. 1982. Euryhaline zooplankton of the Sundays estuary and notes on trophic relations. South African Journal of Zoology 17:151-163.
49. Zar, J. H. 1996. Biostatistical analysis. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.