Publication: Role of habitat in mediating mortality during the post-settlement transition phase of temperate marine fishes
| dc.contributor.author | Juanes, F | |
| dc.date | 2023-09-23T01:26:39.000 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-26T19:31:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-26T19:31:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-01-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The transition phase describes a distinct post-settlement stage associated with the recruitment to benthic habitats by pelagic life stages. The habitat shift is often accompanied by feeding shifts and metamorphosis from larval to juvenile phases. Density-dependent settlement, growth and mortality are often the major factors controlling recruitment success of this phase. Habitat use also becomes more pronounced after settlement. The role of habitat-mediated post-settlement mortality is elucidated by focusing on the early life history of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) in the north-west Atlantic. In these species, settlement can occur over all bottom types, but habitat-specific differences in post-settlement mortality rates combined with size and priority at settlement effects on growth and survival determine recruitment and eventual year-class strength. These results and those from other temperate marine fish species along with work on tropical reef species emphasize the generality of habitat-based density-dependent mortality during the transition phase and its potential for population regulation. These results have implications for fisheries management and can be used to outline a procedure to assist managers in identifying and managing essential transitional habitats including the potential role of marine protected areas in habitat conservation. | |
| dc.description.pages | 661-677 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01394.x | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/37460 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Journal Of Fish Biology | |
| dc.source.issue | 3 | |
| dc.source.issue | 70 | |
| dc.source.status | published | |
| dc.subject | Atlantic cod, cunner, habitat, post-settlement mortality, predation, transition phase, | |
| dc.title | Role of habitat in mediating mortality during the post-settlement transition phase of temperate marine fishes | |
| dc.type | article | |
| dc.type | article | |
| digcom.contributor.author | Juanes, F | |
| digcom.identifier | nrc_faculty_pubs/196 | |
| digcom.identifier.contextkey | 1689030 | |
| digcom.identifier.submissionpath | nrc_faculty_pubs/196 | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |