Telemetry-based spatial–temporal fish habitat models for fishes in an urban freshwater harbour
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Fish habitat associations are important measures for effective aquatic habitat management, but often vary over broad spatial and temporal scales, and are therefore challenging to measure comprehensively. We used a 9-year acoustic telemetry dataset to generate spatial–temporal habitat suitability models for seven fish species in an urban freshwater harbour, Toronto Harbour, Lake Ontario. Fishes generally occupied the more natural regions of Toronto Harbour most frequently. However, each species exhibited unique habitat associations and spatial–temporal interactions in their habitat use. For example, largemouth bass exhibited the most consistent seasonal habitat use, mainly associating with shallow, sheltered embayments with high aquatic vegetation (SAV) cover. Conversely, walleye seldom occupied Toronto Harbour in summer, with the highest occupancy of shallow, low-SAV habitats in the spring, which corresponds to their spawning period. Others, such as common carp, shifted between shallow summer and deeper winter habitats. Community level spatial–temporal habitat importance estimates were also generated, which can serve as an aggregate measure for habitat management. Acoustic telemetry provides novel opportunities to generate robust spatial–temporal fish habitat models based on wild fish behaviour, which are useful for the management of fish habitat from a fish species and community perspective.
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The species should be largely local to the Humber Bay area, but their potential foraging in other parts of Lake Ontario could have contributed to variability in microplastic levels.
“Although these species should be largely local to the Humber Bay area of the fish collection, their potential foraging in other parts of Lake Ontario could have contributed to the variability in the microplastic levels.83”
From Microplastics and Anthropogenic Particles in Recreationally Caught Freshwater Fish from an Urbanized Region of the North American Great Lakes (2024) · cites this paper as [83]
The Discussion (page unavailable) reports seasonal use of Toronto Harbour and says some fish may use habitats outside the harbour, supporting the possibility of movement into other parts of Lake Ontario. It does not establish that the collected species are largely local to Humber Bay, document foraging elsewhere in the lake, or link movement to variability in microplastic levels. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Brownscombe, J. W., Midwood, J. D., Doka, S. E., & Cooke, S. J.
- Affiliations
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (CA)
- Carleton University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Brownscombe, Jacob W.
- Venue
- Hydrobiologia
- Published
- 2023-03-16
- Volume
- 850
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1779-1800
- ISSN
- 0018-8158 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-5117
- PMC
- PMC10089985
- OpenAlex
- W4327615716
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 7
- FWCI
- 1.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Hydrobiologia (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Great Lakes Sustainability Fund
- Great Lakes Action Plan
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Fisheries & Oceans Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Keywords
- fish habitat use, acoustic telemetry, Toronto Harbour, Lake Ontario, largemouth bass, walleye, Cyprinus carpio, aquatic vegetation cover, seasonal habitat use, spawning, habitat importance
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