Linkages between seagrass, mangrove and saltmarsh as fish habitat in the Botany Bay estuary, New South Wales

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dc.contributor.authorSaintilan, Nen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHossain, Ken_AU
dc.contributor.authorMazumder, Den_AU
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-09T06:04:18Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:03:20Zen_AU
dc.date.available2008-04-09T06:04:18Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:03:20Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2007-08en_AU
dc.date.statistics2007-08en_AU
dc.description.abstractShallow-water vegetated estuarine habitats, notably seagrass, mangrove and saltmarsh, are known to be important habitats for many species of small or juvenile fish in temperate Australia. However, the movement of fish between these habitats is poorly understood, and yet critical to the management of the estuarine fisheries resource. We installed a series of buoyant pop nets in adjacent stands of seagrass, mangrove and saltmarsh in order to determine how relative abundance of fishes varied through lunar cycles. Nets were released in all habitats at the peak of the monthly spring tide for 12 months, and in the seagrass habitat at the peak of the neap tide also. The assemblage of fish in each habitat differed during the spring tides. The seagrass assemblage differed between spring and neap tide, with the neap tide assemblage showing greater abundances of fish, particularly those species which visited the adjacent habitats when inundated during spring tides. The result supports the hypothesis that fish move from the seagrass to the adjacent mangrove and saltmarsh during spring tides, taking advantage of high abundances of zooplankton, and use seagrass as a refuge during lower tides. The restoration and preservation of mangrove and saltmarsh utility as fish habitat may in some situations be linked to the proximity of available seagrass. © 2007, Springer.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationSaintilan, N., Hossain, K., & Mazumder, D. (2007). Linkages between seagrass, mangrove and saltmarsh as fish habitat in the Botany Bay estuary, New South Wales. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 15, 277-286. doi:10.1007/s11273-006-9028-0en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1216en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0923-4861en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleWetlands Ecology and Managementen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination277-286en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11273-006-9028-0en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/1055en_AU
dc.identifier.volume15en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSpringeren_AU
dc.subjectSeaweedsen_AU
dc.subjectMangrovesen_AU
dc.subjectMarshesen_AU
dc.subjectFishesen_AU
dc.subjectHabitaten_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectTideen_AU
dc.titleLinkages between seagrass, mangrove and saltmarsh as fish habitat in the Botany Bay estuary, New South Walesen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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