Analysis of an estuarine striped bass (Morone saxatilis) population: influence of density- dependent mortality between metamorphosis and recruitment
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Compensation due to density-dependent mechanisms is essential for the maintenance of an exploited fish stock. Understanding compensation is important for understanding population regulation and responses to added mortality. We examined possible density-dependent effects on striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in the San Francisco Estuary. Three sets of data from sampling programs for young striped bass showed density-dependent mortality between 1 month of age and 8–12 months. The relationships between two indices of young striped bass abundance and recruitment at age 3 fit a Beverton–Holt function, also indicating density dependence. The carrying capacity, as determined by the asymptote of the Beverton–Holt curves, has declined over the last two to three decades. These results are consistent with a compensatory mechanism based on food limitation occurring after metamorphosis and with the decline in food resources observed in the estuary over the same period. The decline in striped bass over the last two to three decades may be partly due to this declining carrying capacity. Résumé : La compensation due à des mécanismes dépendants de la densité est nécessaire au maintien d’un stock de poissons exploité. Il est important de bien comprendre ce phénomène pour comprendre la régulation de la population et les réactions à la mortalité ajoutée. Nous avons examiné les effets possibles dépendants de la densité sur le bar rayé (Morone saxatilis) dans l’estuaire de San Francisco. Trois ensembles de données tirés de programmes d’échantillonnage de jeunes bars rayés ont montré que la mortalité entre 1 mois et 8 à 12 mois était fonction de la densité. Chez les jeunes bars rayés, le rapport entre les deux indices d’abondance et de recrutement à l’âge 3 correspond à une fonction de Beverton–Holt, ce qui indique également une dépendance à l’égard de la densité. La capacité limite, établie par l’asymptote des fonctions de Beverton–Holt, a diminué au cours des 20 à 30 dernières années. Ces résultats sont conformes à un mécanisme compensatoire fondé sur la quantité limitée de nourriture survenant après la métamorphose et concordent avec la diminution des ressources alimentaires observées dans l’estuaire pendant la même période. La diminution du nombre de bars rayés depuis 20 à 30 ans peut être attribuée en partie à une baisse de la capacité limite. [Traduit par la Rédaction] Kimmerer et al. 486
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تاریخ انتشار 2000