Introduced <i>Spartina anglica</i> modifies fish habitat in southern temperate succulent saltmarshes

Habitat Connectivity of Fish in Temperate Shallow-Water Seascapes

Movements of organisms comprise a fundamental aspect of coastal habitat connectivity. Determining the distribution and co-existence of habitat specialists and generalists in shallow-water seascapes leads to a better understanding of the strength of connectivity-driven community patterns in coastal areas. In this study, unbaited Remote Underwater Video (RUV) systems were used to examine habitat ...

Habitat complexity modifies post-settlement mortality and recruitment dynamics of a marine fish.

For species that have an open population structure, local population size may be strongly influenced by a combination of propagule supply and post-settlement survival. While it is widely recognized that supply of larvae (or recruits) is variable and that variable recruitment may affect the relative contribution of pre- and post-settlement factors, less effort has been made to quantify how varia...

Linking temperate demersal fish species to habitat: scales, patterns and future directions

Introduction 2 Methods 4 Search criteria 4 Statistical analyses and graphical outputs 4 Results 5 Discussion 10 Data limitations and considerations 10 Spatial scale 11 Abstract Adoption of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management relies on recognition of the link between fish and other components of the ecosystem, namely their physical and biological habitat. However, identifying the habi...

Lake Habitat: Acres of “Prime” Fish Habitat

Role of habitat complexity in predator–prey dynamics between an introduced fish and larval Long-toed Salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum)

Predation by nonnative fishes has reduced abundance and increased extinction risk for amphibian populations worldwide. Although rare, fish and palatable amphibians have been observed to coexist where aquatic vegetation and structural complexity provide suitable refugia. We examined whether larval Long-toed Salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum Baird, 1850) increased use of vegetation cover in la...