Distribution and drift pathways of Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) during early life stages in the eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
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We describe the spatial distribution and dispersal pathways of Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) early life stages based on historical field data from the eastern Bering Sea and adjacent water along the eastern Aleutian Islands. Our results indicate that Greenland halibut from preflexion larvae to newly settled juveniles have a long pelagic duration and are subject to extended drift pathways. Hatching may occur in deep water, below 530 m, and larvae rise in the water column as they grow. Flexion/postflexion larvae are mostly found around the Pribilof Islands over the middle shelf (50–100‐m isobaths) in July, and settling occurs during late summer on the middle shelf near St. Matthew Island. However, given that age‐1 individuals were primarily found on the outer shelf, it appears that Greenland halibut actively move to deeper water with age (or size). The mechanisms of slope–shelf connectivity in preflexion larvae may be related to the Bering Slope Current in the vicinity of both Bering and Pribilof Canyons. This study shows that Greenland halibut early life stages have extensive horizontal ontogenetic migrations in the Bering Sea, and utilize a range of geographic areas over the basin and slope along the Aleutian Islands and in the eastern Bering Sea. Based on these results, it is hypothesized that settlement success and recruitment of Greenland halibut may be influenced by variability in currents and flows of the Bering Sea slope and shelf during their transpo…
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Common circulation patterns targeted by spawning adults are coastal currents, slope currents, surface branches of subtropical gyres, or undercurrents.
“Common circulation patterns targeted by spawning adults are coastal currents (e.g.walleye pollock in the Gulf of Alaska, Kendall et al., 1996), slope currents (e.g.slope-spawning flatfish, Bailey et al., 2008;Sohn et al., 2010), surface branches of subtropical gyres (e.g.eels, Schabetsberger et al., 2013), or undercurrents (e.g.Pacific hake, Bailey and Francis, 1985).”
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Large-bodied slope-spawning flatfish have long larval drift pathways and geographically constrained spawning and nursery habitats.
“Large-bodied, slopespawning flatfish, for example, fall into this latter group of fish, having long larval drift pathways and geographically constrained spawning and nursery habitats (Bailey et al., 2008;Sohn et al., 2010).”
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Evolutionary and ecological constraints of fish spawning habitats
Ciannelli, L., Bailey, K., & Olsen, E. M. (2015) · ICES Journal of Marine Science · doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsu145 · Cited by 127 · see citing works
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- Authors
- SOHN, D., CIANNELLI, L., & DUFFY‐ANDERSON, J. T.
- Affiliations
- Oregon State University (US)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
- Corresponding author
- SOHN, D.
- Venue
- Fisheries Oceanography
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-08-04
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 339-353
- ISSN
- 1054-6006 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2419
- OpenAlex
- W1908090306
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 3.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Fisheries Oceanography (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Keywords
- Greenland halibut, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, early life stages, ontogenetic migration, Pribilof Islands, Aleutian Islands, eastern Bering Sea, recruitment (biology)
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