Harmful effects of sediment-induced turbidity on juvenile fish in estuaries
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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 539:241-254 (2015) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11496 Harmful effects of sediment-induced turbidity on juvenile fish in estuaries M. L. Lowe1,2,*, M. A. Morrison1, R. B. Taylor2 1National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 99940, Auckland, New Zealand 2Leigh Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, PO Box 349, Warkworth 0941, New Zealand *Corresponding author: meredith.lowe@niwa.co.nz ABSTRACT: Estuaries are important nursery habitats for juvenile fishes of many species, but are under increasing pressure from anthropogenic stressors. We examined the impacts of suspended sediments/turbidity on the foraging success and health of juvenile snapper Pagrus auratus F. Sparidae, which are abundant in many northern New Zealand estuaries and comprise a major coastal fishery as adults. In the laboratory, short-term exposure to turbidity (range <10 to 160 NTU) reduced foraging success of juvenile snapper, while month-long exposure caused higher rates of gill ventilation, gill deformation (epithelial hyperplasia, fusion of the lamellae), weight loss and mortality. In 7 northern New Zealand estuaries with varying catchment land uses, total suspended sediments were negatively correlated with capture rates of juvenile snapper and the conditio…
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Exposure to suspended sediments can result in higher mortality of fishes, particularly among early life stages.
“Exposure to suspended sediments can result in higher mortality of fishes, particularly among early life stages (Auld and Schubel 1978;Griffin et al. 2009;Lowe et al. 2015), and the subsequent decreased recruitment to the adult population can potentially lead to long-term population declines (Wenger et al. 2017).”
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- Authors
- Lowe, M., Morrison, M., & Taylor, R.
- Corresponding author
- Lowe, ML
- Venue
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Publisher
- Inter-Research Science Center
- Published
- 2015-11-12
- Volume
- 539
- Pages
- 241-254
- ISSN
- 0171-8630 (ISSN-L)
- 1616-1599
- OpenAlex
- W2344753136
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 2.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Marine Ecology Progress Series (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Keywords
- turbidity, suspended sediment, juvenile fish, estuaries, Pagrus auratus, nursery grounds, foraging success, fish condition, gill parasites, catchment land use, sediment runoff, zooplankton diet, recruitment (biology), seagrass meadows, fisheries management, water quality, watershed management
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