Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Mediterranean Shallow Coastal Fish Communities Along a Gradient of Marine Protection
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Títol: | Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Mediterranean Shallow Coastal Fish Communities Along a Gradient of Marine Protection |
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Autors: | Marshak, Anthony R. | Cebrián, Just | Heck Jr., Kenneth L. | Hightower, Crystal L. | Kroetz, Andrea M. | Macy, Aaron | Madsen, Shanna | Spearman, Trey | Sánchez-Lizaso, José Luis |
Grups d'investigació o GITE: | Biología Marina | Recursos Hídricos y Desarrollo Sostenible |
Centre, Departament o Servei: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada |
Paraules clau: | Demersal fish communities | Habitat continuity | Habitat diversity | Marine reserves | Mediterranean | Spatial management |
Àrees de coneixement: | Zoología |
Data de publicació: | 28-de maig-2020 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Citació bibliogràfica: | Marshak AR, Cebrian J, Heck KL, Jr, Hightower CL, Jr, Kroetz AM, Macy AM, Madsen S, Spearman TM, Sánchez-Lizaso J-L. Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Mediterranean Shallow Coastal Fish Communities Along a Gradient of Marine Protection. Water. 2020; 12(6):1537. doi:10.3390/w12061537 |
Resum: | The importance of habitat factors in designing marine reserves and evaluating their performance over time has been regularly documented. Over three biennial sampling periods, we examined the effects of vegetated coverage and habitat diversity (i.e., patchiness) on fish density, community composition, and species-specific patterns along a gradient of protection from harvest in the shallow Spanish southern Mediterranean, including portions of the Tabarca marine reserve. With the exception of two herbivores (Sarpa salpa and Symphodus tinca), vegetated cover did not significantly affect fish densities, while habitat diversity was an influential factor across all three sampling periods. Overall, fish density was more positively associated with more continuous vegetated or unvegetated habitats, and was greatest in areas of highest protection (Tabarca II – Isla Nao site). These patterns were usually observed for four abundant fish species (Boops boops, Chromis chromis, Oblada melanura, and S. salpa). Fish community composition was distinct in the most protected portion of the Tabarca reserve, where it was also most stable. Our findings align with previous investigations of the Tabarca reserve and its surrounding areas, and demonstrate its continued effectiveness in conserving fish biomass and habitat. Together with effective management, marine reserves can facilitate greater species abundance, more stable biological communities, and resilient ecosystems. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/107047 |
ISSN: | 2073-4441 |
DOI: | 10.3390/w12061537 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipus: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Drets: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisió científica: | si |
Versió de l'editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061537 |
Apareix a la col·lecció: | INV - BM - Artículos Científicos / Scientific Papers INV - Recursos Hídricos y Desarrollo Sostenible - Artículos de Revistas |
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