Spatial patterns and scale-dependent relationships between macrozooplankton and fish in the Bay of Biscay: An acoustic study

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 439, Issue , 2011, Pages 151-168

  Lezama Ochoa, Ainhoa ^a   Ballón, Michael ^b,c   Woillez, Mathieu ^d   Grados, Daniel ^b,c   Irigoien, Xabier ^a,e   Bertrand, Arnaud ^b,c  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Bay of Biscay; Macrozooplankton; Pelagic fish; Scale dependent interaction; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ADAPTATION; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOMASS; FISH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; RESOLUTION; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; VARIOGRAM; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80054977776     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09318     Document Type: Article

References (82)

1. Abaunza P, Gordo L, Karlou-Riga C, Murta A and others (2003) Growth and reproduction of horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus (Carangidae). Rev Fish Biol Fish 13: 27-61 (Pubitemid 37551540)
2. Albaina A, Irigoien X (2007) Fine scale zooplankton distribution in the Bay of Biscay in spring 2004. J Plankton Res 29: 851-870 (Pubitemid 47574712)
3. Bakun A (1996) Patterns in the ocean: ocean processes and marine population dynamics. University of California Sea Grant, San Diego, CA, in cooperation with Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas de Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur
4. Ballón M (2010) Acoustic study of macrozooplankton off Peru: biomass estimation, spatial patterns, impact of physical forcing and effect on forage fish distribution. PhD thesis, University Montpellier II
5. Ballón M, Bertrand A, Lebourges-Dhaussy A, Gutiérrez M, Ayón P, Grados D, Gerlotto F (2011) Is there enough zooplankton to feed forage fish population off Peru? An acoustic (positive) answer. Prog Oceanogr (in press) doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.03.001
6. Barange M, Pillar S (1992) Cross-shelf circulation, zonation and maintenance mechanisms of Nyctiphanes capensis and Euphausia hanseni (Euphausiacea) in the northern Benguela upwelling system. Cont Shelf Res 12: 1027-1042 (Pubitemid 23400211)
7. Beaudouin J (1971) Données écologiques sur quelques groupes planktoniques indicateurs dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Rev Trav Inst Pech Marit 35: 375-414
8. Beaudouin J (1975) Copepodes du plateau continental du Golfe de Gascogne en 1971 et 1972. Rev Trav Inst Pech Marit 39: 121-169
9. Beaudouin J (1979) Euphausiaces, mysidaces, larves de decapodes du Golfe de Gascogne (plateau continental) en 1971 et 1972. Rev Trav Inst Pech Marit 43: 367-389
10. Bertrand A, Josse E, Bach P, Dagorn L (2003) Acoustics for ecosystem research: lessons and perspectives from a scientific programme focusing on tuna-environment relationships. Aquat Living Resour 16: 197-203 (Pubitemid 37065176)
11. Bertrand A, Gerlotto F, Bertrand S, Gutiérrez M and others (2008) Schooling behaviour and environmental forcing in relation to anchoveta distribution: an analysis across multiple spatial scales. Prog Oceanogr 79: 264-277
12. Blackburn M (1979) Zooplankton in an upwelling area off northwest Africa: composition, distribution and ecology. Deep-Sea Res I 24: 41-56
13. Blaxter JHS, Hunter JR (1982) The biology of the clupeoid fishes. Adv Mar Biol 20: 1-223
14. Boyra G, Uriarte A (2006) Acoustic surveying of anchovy juveniles in the Bay of Biscay: JUVENA 2005 survey results and 2003-2005 biomass estimates. Working Document to ICES Working Group on the Assessment of Mackerel, Horse Mackerel, Sardine and Anchovy, Galway
15. Brinton E (1967) Vertical migration and avoidance capability of euphausiids in the California current. Bull Scripps Inst Oceanogr Univ Calif 12: 451-483
16. Carlotti F, Poggiale JC (2010) Towards methodological approaches to implement the zooplankton component in 'end to end' food-web models. Prog Oceanogr 84: 20-38
17. Chilès JP, Delfiner RP (1999) Geostatistics: modeling spatial uncertainty. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY
18. Cressie N (1993) Statistics for spatial data. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY
19. Debby L, Jackson GA, Angel MV, Lampitt RS, Burd AB (2004) Effect of net avoidance on estimates of diel vertical migration. Limnol Oceanogr 46: 2297-2303 (Pubitemid 39547903)
20. Fernandes PG, Korneliussen RJ, Lebourges-Dhaussy A, Masse J and others (2006) The SIMFAMI Project: species identification methods from acoustic multifrequency information. Final Report to the EC, Q5RS-2001-02054
21. Fernández de Puelles ML, Valdés L, Varela M, Alvarez- Osorio MT, Halliday N (1996) Diel variations in the vertical distribution of copepods off the north coast of Spain. ICES J Mar Sci 53: 97-106
22. Fleminger A, Clutter RI (1965) Avoidance of towed nets by zooplankton. Limnol Oceanogr 10: 96-104
23. Foote KG, Knudsen HP, Vestnes G (1987) Calibration of acoustic instruments for fish density estimation: a practical guide. ICES Coop Res Rep 144: 1-70
24. Genin A (2004) Bio-physical coupling in the formation of zooplankton and fish aggregations over abrupt topographies. J Mar Syst 50: 3-20 (Pubitemid 39282907)
25. Gil J, Valdés L, Moral M, Sánchez R, Garcia-Soto C (2002) Mesoscale variability in a high-resolution grid in the Cantabrian Sea (southern Bay of Biscay), May 1995. Deep-Sea Res I 49: 1591-1607 (Pubitemid 35255129)
26. Goovaerts P (1997) Geostatistics for natural resources evaluation. Oxford University Press, Oxford
27. Gorbatenko KM, Dolganova NT (2006) Comparing the catch efficiency with different types of plankton nets in the high production zones of the Pacific Ocean. Oceanology 47: 205-212 (Pubitemid 46767250)
28. Guiblin P, Rivoirard J, Simmonds EJ (1995) Analyse structurale de données à distribution dissymétrique: exemple du hareng écossais. Cah Geostat 5: 137-159
29. Haury LR, McGowan JA, Wiebe PH (1978) Patterns and processes in the time-space scales of plankton distributions. In: Steele JH (ed) Spatial pattern in plankton communities. Plenum Press, New York, NY, p 277-327
30. Huskin I, Elices MJ, Anadón R (2003) Salp distribution and grazing in a saline intrusion off NW Spain. J Mar Syst 42: 1-11 (Pubitemid 37105603)
31. ICES (2009) Report of the Working Group on Acoustic and Egg Surveys for Sardine and Anchovy in ICES Areas VIII and IX (WGACEGG), 16-20 November 2009, Lisbon. ICES CM 2009/LRC:20
32. Irigoien X, Fernandes JA, Grosjean P, Denis K, Albaina A, Santos M (2009) Spring zooplankton distribution in the Bay of Biscay from 1998 to 2006 in relation with anchovy recruitment. J Plankton Res 31: 1-17
33. Journel AG, Huijbregts CJ (1978) Mining geostatistics. Academic Press, London
34. Kloser RJ, Ryan T, Sakov P, Willliams A, Koslow JA (2002) Species identification in deep water using multiple acoustic frequencies. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 59: 1065-1077
35. Korneliussen R (2000) Measurement and removal of echo integration noise. ICES J Mar Sci 57: 1204-1217
36. Korneliussen RJ, Ona E (2003) Synthetic echograms generated from the relative frequency response. ICES J Mar Sci 60:636-640 (Pubitemid 36761604)
37. Korneliussen RJ, Diner N, Ona E, Berger L, Fernandes PG (2008) Proposals for the collection of multifrequency acoustic data. ICES J Mar Sci 65: 982-994 (Pubitemid 351914168)
38. Koslow JA (2009) The role of acoustics in ecosystem-based fishery management. ICES J Mar Sci 66: 966-973
39. Lawson GL, Wiebe PH, Ashjian CJ, Stanton TK (2008) Euphausiid distribution along the Western Antarctic Peninsula-Part B: distribution of euphausiid aggregations and biomass, and associations with environmental features. Deep-Sea Res II 55: 432-454
40. Lazure P, Jegou A (1998) 3D modelling of seasonal evolution of Loire and Gironde plumes on Biscay Bay continental shelf. Oceanol Acta 21: 165-177 (Pubitemid 28428384)
41. Lezama-Ochoa A, Boyra G, Goñi N, Arrizabalaga H, Bertrand A (2010) Investigating relationships between albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) CPUE and prey distribution in the Bay of Biscay. Prog Oceanogr 86: 105-114
42. López-Jamar E, Coombs SH, Alemany F, Alonso J and others (1991) A SARP pilot study for sardine (Sardina pilchardus) off north and northwest Spain in April/May 1991. ICES CM 1991/L:9
43. Mackas DL, Beaugrand G (2010) Comparisons of zooplankton time series. J Mar Syst 79: 286-304
44. MacLennan DN, Fernandes PG, Dalen J (2002) A consistent approach to definitions and symbols in fisheries acoustics. ICES J Mar Sci 59: 365-369 (Pubitemid 35235320)
45. Massé J (1996) Acoustic observations in the Bay of Biscay: schooling, vertical distribution, species assemblages and behaviour. Sci Mar 60: 227-234 (Pubitemid 126653302)
46. Massé J, Koutsikopoulos C, PattyW(1996) The structure and spatial distribution of pelagic fish schools in multispecies clusters: an acoustic study. ICES J Mar Sci 53: 155-160
47. Maycas ER, Bourdillon AH, Macquart-Moulin C, Passelaigue F, Patriti G (1999) Diel variations of the bathymetric distribution of zooplankton groups and biomass in Cap-Ferret Canyon, France. Deep-Sea Res II 46: 2081-2099 (Pubitemid 29402769)
48. McGowan JA, Fraundorf VJ (1966) The relationship between size of net used and estimates of zooplankton diversity. Limnol Oceanogr 11: 456-469
49. Mitra A, Davis C (2010) Defining the 'to' in end-to-end models. Prog Oceanogr 84: 39-42
50. Mitson RB, Simard Y, Goss C (1996) Use of a two-frequency algorithm to determine size and abundance of plankton in three widely spaced locations. ICES J Mar Sci 53: 209-215
51. Motos L, Uriarte A, Valencia V (1996) Egg production of the Bay of Biscay anchovy population (Engraulis encrasicolus L.) in relation to environmental features. Sci Mar 60: 117-140
52. Murase H, Ichihara M, Yasuma H, Watanabe H and others (2009) Acoustic characterization of biological backscatterings in the Kuroshio-Oyashio inter-frontal zone and subarctic waters of the western North Pacific in spring. Fish Oceanogr 18: 386-401
53. Ohman MD, Smith PE (1995) A comparison of zooplankton sampling methods in the CalCOFI time series. CCOFI Rep 36: 153-158 (Pubitemid 126022602)
54. Omori M, Hamner WM (1982) Patchy distribution of zooplankton: behavior, population assessment and sampling problems. Mar Biol 72: 193-200
55. Petitgas P (1993) Geostatistics for fish stock assessments: a review and an acoustic application. ICES J Mar Sci 50: 285-298 (Pubitemid 24415253)
56. Petitgas P (1998) Biomass-dependent dynamics of fish spatial distributions characterized by geostatistical aggregation curves. ICES J Mar Sci 55: 443-453 (Pubitemid 28343871)
57. Petitgas P (2000) On the clustering of fish schools at two scales and their relation with meso-scale physical structures. ICES CM 2000/K:25
58. Petitgas P, Massé J, Beillois P, Lebarbier E, Le Cann A (2003) Sampling variance of species identification in fisheries acoustic surveys based on automated procedures associating acoustic images and trawl hauls. ICES J Mar Sci 60: 437-445 (Pubitemid 36761579)
59. Planque B, Bellier E, Lazure P (2007) Modelling potential spawning habitat of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) and anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the Bay of Biscay. Fish Oceanogr 16: 16-30 (Pubitemid 44953440)
60. Poulet SA, Laabir M, Chaudron Y (1996) Characteristic features of zooplankton in the Bay of Biscay. Sci Mar 60(Suppl 2): 79-95 (Pubitemid 126653292)
61. Puillat I, Lazure P, Jégou AM, Lampert L, Miller PI (2004) Hydrographical variability on the French continental shelf in the Bay of Biscay, during the 1990s. Cont Shelf Res 24: 1143-1163 (Pubitemid 38729860)
62. Quevedo M, Anadón R (2000) Spring microzooplankton composition biomass and potential grazing in the central cantabrian coast (southern Bay of Biscay). Oceanol Acta 23: 297-309 (Pubitemid 30427871)
63. Rivoirard J, Wieland K (2001) Correcting for the effect of daylight in abundance estimation of juvenile haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in the North Sea: an application of kriging with external drift. ICES J Mar Sci 58: 1272-1285 (Pubitemid 33136413)
64. Rivoirard J, Simmonds J, Foote KG, Fernandes P, Bez N (2000) Geostatistics for estimating fish abundance. Blackwell Science, Oxford
65. Robinson C, Steinberg DK, Anderson TR, Arístegui J and others (2010) Mesopelagic zone ecology and biogeochemistry: a synthesis. Deep-Sea Res I 57: 1504-1518
66. Rose GA, Leggett WC (1990) The importance of scale to predator-prey spatial correlations: an example of Atlantic Fishes. Ecology 71: 33-43 (Pubitemid 20424909)
67. Sameoto DD (1976) Distribution of sound scattering layers caused by euphausiids and their relationship to chlorophyll a concentrations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence estuary. J Fish Res Board Can 33: 681-687
68. Siegel V (2000) Krill (Euphasia superba) demography and variability in abundance and distribution. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 53:151-167 (Pubitemid 32122559)
69. Simard Y, Legendre P, Lavoie G, Marcotte D (1992) Mapping, estimating and optimising sampling of spatially autocorrelated data: case study of the northern shrimp. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 49: 32-45
70. Simmard Y, Lacroix G, Legendre L (1986) Diel vertical migrations and nocturnal feeding of a dense coastal krill scattering layer (Nysanoessa raschi and Meganyctiphanes norvegica) in stratified surface waters. Mar Biol 91: 93-105
71. Sourisseau M, Carlotti F (2006) Spatial distribution of zooplankton size spectra on the French continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay during spring 2000 and 2001. J Geophys Res Oceans 111: C05S09, doi:10.1029/2005JC003063 (Pubitemid 44027638)
72. Stanton TK, Chu D, Wiebe PH (1996) Acoustic scattering characteristics of several zooplankton groups. ICES J Mar Sci 53: 289-295
73. Stanton TK, Chu D, Wiebe PH (1998) Sound scattering by several zooplankton groups. I. Experimental determination of dominant scattering mechanisms. J Acoust Soc Am 103: 225-235
74. Swartzman G, Hickey B, KosroM, Wilson C (2005) Poleward and equatorward currents in the Pacific Eastern Boundary Current in summer 1995 and 1998 and their relationship to the distribution of euphausiids. Deep-Sea Res II 52: 73-88 (Pubitemid 40323602)
75. Urick RJ (1986) Ambient noise in the sea. Peninsula Publishing, Los Altos, CA
76. Van der Lingen CD, Bertrand A, Bode A, Brodeur R and others (2009) Trophic dynamics. In: Checkley DM Jr, Roy C, Alheit J, Oozeki Y (eds) Climate change and small pelagic fish. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p 112-157
77. Verheye HM, Richardson AJ (1998) Long-term increase in crustacean zooplankton abundance in the southern Benguela upwelling region (1951-1996): Bottom-up or top-down control? ICES J Mar Sci 55: 803-807 (Pubitemid 28514600)
78. Watkins JL, Brierley AS (2002) Verification of the acoustic techniques used to identify Antarctic krill. ICES J Mar Sci 59:1326-1336 (Pubitemid 35374499)
79. Wiebe PH, Morton AW, Bradley AM, Backus RH and others (1985) New development in the MOCNESS, an apparatus for sampling zooplankton and micronekton. Mar Biol 87: 313-323
80. Wieland K, Rivoirard J (2001) A geostatistical analysis of IBTS data for age 2 North Sea haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) considering daylight effects. Sarsia 86: 503-516 (Pubitemid 34370804)
81. Woillez M (2007) Contributions géostatistiques à la biologie halieutique. Thèse de Docteur en Géostatistique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris
82. Zhu Y, Tande K, Zhou M (2009) Mesoscale physical processes and zooplankton transport-retention in the northern Norwegian shelf region. Deep-Sea Res II 56: 1922-1933