Feeding ecology of South African Argyrosomus japonicus (Pisces: Sciaenidae), with emphasis on the Eastern Cape surf zone

Influence of sample size and sampling frequency on the quantitative dietary descriptions of a predatory fish in the Benguela ecosystem

“…In addition, none of the studies so reviewed contained any estimates of the precision of samples used. Cumulative diversity curves were first employed by Pielou (1966), and they have since been recommended and described in many studies (Elliot 1971, Hurturbia 1972, Baltz and Morejohn 1977, Cailliet 1977, Hoffman 1979, Calliet et al 1986, Duffy and Jackson 1986, Cortés 1997, Griffiths 1997. In the present study, the diversity asymptote was mostly (90%) attained before all stomachs were included, thus indicating that most …”

Growth and viability of hatchery‐reared Argyrosomus japonicus released into open and semi‐closed systems

“…2009). A detailed description of species biology and fishery can be found in Griffiths (1996, 1997) for South Africa and Ferguson et al. (2008) for southern Australia.…”

“…Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel) is an apex predator in estuarine and coastal waters of southern Australia, southern Africa and China (Silberschneider et al 2009). A detailed description of species biology and fishery can be found in Griffiths (1996Griffiths ( , 1997 for South Africa and Ferguson et al (2008) for southern Australia. In New South Wales, A. japonicus is growth overfished and there are concerns about sustainability, with the bulk of the fishery targeting immature fish (Silberschneider & Gray 2008).…”

Spatial and temporal patterns of habitat use by three estuarine species of mysid shrimp

“…A strong tendency to make dielvertical migrations in most species (Kouassi et al 2006) often couples benthic production with pelagic ecosystems (Roast et al 1998). In some circumstances, mysids provide a direct link between detritus and top-level estuarine predators, including financially and ecologically important species such as Australian salmon Arripis trutta (Fenton 1996), mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus (Griffiths 1997;Taylor et al 2006), flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (Tanaka et al 2006), herring Herklotsichthys castelnaui, yellowtail scad Trachurus novaezelandiae, sand mullet Myxus elongates, flounder Pseudorhombus sp., flathead Platycephalus sp. and whiting Sillago sp.…”