An experimental study of the habitat preferences and movement patterns of copper, quillback, and brown rockfishes (Sebastes spp.)

Matthews, Kathleen

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“…Copper rockfish and vermilion rockfish, two of the most abundant species tagged in our study (n ¼ 7 and 54, respectively), showed high variation in the percentage of days on which individuals were detected (0.5-100%); however, on average, they exhibited low site fidelity. Previous standard tag and recapture studies of copper rockfish have reported low to moderate degrees of movement and site fidelity (Hartmann 1987;Matthews 1990b;Lea et al 1999). The copper rockfish was the only other species found to move between monitored platforms (Table 3), providing further evidence for successful emigration.…”

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“…Some rosy rockfish and brown rockfish showed high degrees of site fidelity, while some individuals showed very low site fidelity. Brown rockfish in Puget Sound are thought to have small home ranges (;30 m 2 ) and to exhibit high site fidelity but are also known to move in response to habitat quality (Matthews 1990b). Very little is known about the movement patterns of rosy rockfish, but it is assumed based on their affinity for complex substratum that they should also have small home ranges and show high site fidelity.…”

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“…There is also growing evidence that habitat quality and conspecific density may affect space requirements and site fidelity of reef-associated fishes (Matthews 1990b;Lowe and Bray 2006;Bellquist et al 2008). Miller and Geibel (1973) found that juvenile blue rockfish Sebastes mystinus exhibited less movement from shallow kelp bed habitats (;60 m) than individuals tagged on deeper reefs (;1.3 km).…”

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Site Fidelity and Movement Patterns of Groundfish Associated with Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel

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In order to better assess the ecological importance of offshore petroleum platforms for economically important groundfishes, we quantified the degree of site fidelity of 100 platform‐associated individuals representing 15 species at three offshore platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel by means of acoustic telemetry monitoring. Thirty percent of the fish tagged were not detected after the first 6 d following release and were assumed to have died or to have immediately emigrated away from platforms. Degrees of site fidelity varied widely among individuals, among species, and between platforms. Of the most abundant species tagged (cabezon Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, vermilion rockfish Sebastes miniatus, widow rockfish Sebastes entomelas, copper rockfish Sebastes caurinus, and greenspotted rockfish Sebastes chlorostictus), widow rockfish showed a high probability of being detected at platforms over a 2‐year period. Vermilion rockfish emigrated away from the shallower Platform Gilda (64 m) faster than vermilion rockfish tagged at the deeper Platform Grace (93 m). Ten tagged individuals (eight vermilion rockfish, one copper rockfish, and one lingcod Ophiodon elongatus) moved between platforms (range = 5–15 km) and/or natural habitat, although a majority moved from a shallower platform to a deeper one. These movements further support evidence that (1) many reef‐associated rockfishes make ontogenetic shifts to deeper water and (2) shallower platforms export fishes faster than deeper platforms. There was no indication of seasonal emigration, but there was evidence for seasonal differences in activity for vermilion rockfish, widow rockfish, and greenspotted rockfish. Observed movements of fishes between platforms and natural reef habitat indicate that they can navigate between these habitats and that platform habitat, despite having higher densities of conspecifics, may be of higher quality to some individuals than natural reefs.

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“…For these sedentary species, the scale of their daily movements within the reef may range from several metres in a small territorial species, (Sale 1971) to several kilometres in species involved in either cross-reef spawning migrations (Johannes 1978) or migration from sleeping to feeding sites (Hobson 1972). As well as differences between species, there can also be considerable intra-specific variation in range size, with home ranges tending to increase in proportion to the size of individuals (Sale 1978) and in inverse proportion to habitat quality (Matthews 1990). Intra-specific behavioural factors may also significantly influence spatial relationships (Ogden and Buckman 1973).…”

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“…From the limited number of temperate studies conducted so far, families of temperate reef fishes found during behavioural studies to have site-attached representatives include labrids (Jones 1984), cheilodactylids (Leum and Choat 1980) and pomacentrids (Clarke 1970;Moran and Sale 1977;Norman and Jones 1984). In tagging studies, families found to display site attachment include the rockfishes (Matthews 1990), surfperch, labrids and pomacentrids (Davis and Anderson 1989), and bass (Davis and Anderson 1989;Parker 1990;Low and Waltz 1991). As the study of Davis and Anderson (1989) selected four common Californian reef fishes from different families and trophic positions, and all were site attached, this may indicate a general trend towards site attachment in temperate species, regardless of family or trophic position.…”

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Short- and long-term movement patterns of six temperate reef fishes (Families Labridae and Monacanthidae)

Barrett¹

1995

Mar. Freshwater Res.

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Abstract. Movement patterns were studied on a 1-ha isolated reef surrounding Arch Rock in southern Tasmania. Short-term movements were identified from diver observations, and interpretation of long-term movements involved multiple recaptures of tagged individuals. Visual observations indicated that the sex-changing labrids Notolabrus tetricus, Pictilabrus laticlavius and Pseudolabrus psittaculus were all site-attached, with females having overlapping home ranges and males being territorial. In the non-sex-changing labrid Notolabrus fucicola and in the monacanthids Penicipelta vittiger and Meuschenia australis, there was no evidence of territorial behaviour and I-h movements were in excess of the scale of the study. The long-term results indicated that all species were permanent reef residents, with most individuals of all species except M. australis always being recaptured within a home range of 100 m X 25 m or less. Only 15% of individuals of M. australis were always recaptured within this range category. The natural habitat boundary of open sand between the Arch Rock reef and adjacent reefs appeared to be an effective deterrent to emigration. The use of natural boundaries should be an important consideration in the design of marine reserves where the aim is to minimize the loss of protected species to adjacent fished areas.

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The Role of Fish Learning Skills in Fisheries and Aquaculture

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Jakobsen³

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Fish Cognition and Behavior

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An experimental study of the habitat preferences and movement patterns of copper, quillback, and brown rockfishes (Sebastes spp.)

Cited by 92 publications

References 15 publications

Site Fidelity and Movement Patterns of Groundfish Associated with Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel

Site Fidelity and Movement Patterns of Groundfish Associated with Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel

Short- and long-term movement patterns of six temperate reef fishes (Families Labridae and Monacanthidae)

The Role of Fish Learning Skills in Fisheries and Aquaculture

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