New Distribution Records for the Spotfin Killifish, Fundulus luciae (Baird), in the Lower Hudson River Estuary and Adjacent Waters

Yozzo, David J.; Ottman, Frederick

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“…This suggests that those small creeks are important vectors for marsh access by F. jenkinsi and supports the value of the dendritic nature of salt marshes to marsh residents (Kneib 2000;Kneib 2003;Meyer and Posey 2009). These data suggest that F. jenkinsi is more common than generally believed (sensu Peterson et al 2003), a pattern also noted for F. luciae on the Atlantic coast (Able et al 1983;Shields and Mayes 1983;Kneib 1984;Yozzo and Ottman 2003), and if this is true, then, the CPUE estimates we documented may be low if many fish find refuge in the high and intermediate marsh at low tide.…”

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“…This species also shares habitat with F. heteroclitus which is as euryhaline and as abundant in the Atlantic marshes as F. grandis is in the marshes of the nGOM (Kneib 1978;Kneib 1984). It was shown that in North Carolina and Georgia marshes, F. luciae was more abundant in the upper parts of the marsh characterized by irregularly flooded marsh dominated by J. roemerianus than regularly flooding marshes such as S. alterniflora, whereas F. heteroclitus was abundant in both habitat types (Kneib 1978;Shields and Mayes 1983;Kneib 1984;Yozzo and Ottman 2003).…”

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“…These data support our hypothesis that the small-bodied F. jenkinsi uses (Ross 2001). N number of fish plotted by season intermediate to high marsh and may favor shallow waters for refuge or foraging as do other fundulids, including F. luciae (Kneib 1984;Yozzo and Smith 1998;Yozzo and Ottman 2003). Shields and Mayes (1983) in North Carolina and Able et al (1983) in New Jersey collected F. luciae most often in high marsh habitat dominated by either J. roemerianus, the short form of S. alterniflora or S. patens, respectively.…”

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“…These conditions were similar to those of F. luciae in the Atlantic coast marshes where they have been shown to prefer the upper parts of the marsh. F. luciae, however, also ranges into higher salinity conditions (Richards and Bailey 1967;Jorgenson 1969;Kneib 1978;Kneib 1984;Yozzo and Ottman 2003). Since more individuals of F. jenkinsi were collected during the spring and summer months with increased numbers of juveniles, it was suggested that seasonal abiotic cues such as water temperature, salinity, and turbidity may be influencing life history traits like reproduction and spawning.…”

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Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Characterization of the Saltmarsh Topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Everman 1892)

Lopez

Peterson

Walker

et al. 2010

Estuaries and Coasts

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The saltmarsh topminnow (Fundulus jenkinsi) is federally listed as a Species of Concern due to a its rarity, impacts from human activities, and lack of information on its biology and ecology. From 2007 through 2008, we used Breder traps to fish the marsh edge on a falling tide in four regions from Louisiana through the Florida panhandle during winter, spring, and summer periods. Out of 2,108 Breder traps deployed, 661 F. jenkinsi were collected as far east as Escambia Bay, Florida, with Weeks Bay, National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), Alabama, yielding the highest F. jenkinsi abundance. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to ordinate physical-chemical data into two meaningful components: a geomorphic axis (water depth, bank slope, and plant stem density) and a seasonal/spatial axis of species occurrence (water temperature, salinity, and turbidity). PCA showed a higher mean catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) in environments comprised of low to moderate stem density (<25 stems/0.25 m −2 ), depth (<25 cm), bank slope (<15°), turbidity (<30 NTU), and salinity (<16) coupled with spring and early summer water temperatures (>15°C). F. jenkinsi CPUE was significantly higher in Spartina cynosuroides marsh edge compared with five other habitat types, even though it was one of the least sampled habitats. This species appears to be collected more frequently and in higher CPUE in small dendritic creeks off of main channels than suggested by our previous work in main channel edge habitat. This suggests that small creeks are important vectors for marsh access and supports the value of the dendritic nature of salt marshes to marsh residents.

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Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Characterization of the Saltmarsh Topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Everman 1892)

Lopez

Peterson

Walker

et al. 2010

Estuaries and Coasts

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“…Only in recent years has the extent of the present distribution of that species near the northern portion of its range been extensively studied (Hartel et al 2002;Stallsmith 1999Stallsmith , 2004. Some earlier collections from New York and Connecticut have been reevaluated, finding specimens of the species that had been misidentified as of F. heteroclitus (Yozzo and Ottman 2003). Also, additional sampling has turned up specimens in estuaries in Connecticut where they seem especially associated with P. australis marshes (Osgood et al 2003).…”

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Physicochemical environments and tolerances of cyprinodontoid fishes found in estuaries and salt marshes of eastern North America

Nordlie

2006

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

124

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Individuals of 28 species of cyprinodontoid fishes have been reported from estuaries/salt marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America. Some species show limited latitudinal distributions and/or occupy a limited range of habitats; others are widely distributed and/or occupy a wide range of habitats. A literature survey was made of conditions of water temperature, dissolved-oxygen (DO) concentrations, and salinities at sites where individuals of each species had been collected, and of laboratory-determined tolerances or lethal limits and other responses to those abiotic conditions. Individuals of Cyprinodon variegatus showed the widest overall range of tolerance of environmental temperatures, -1.9-45.4°C, with Gambusia rhizophorae showing the highest lower temperature-tolerance limit, 17°C. The only species highly sensitive to hypoxia was Floridichthys carpio, which showed ''stress'' at DO levels of 6-8 mg kg -1 . All showed use of aquatic surface respiration, except for Kryptolebias marmoratus, which uses aerial respiration in the presence of H 2 S, and/or under hypoxic conditions. Individuals of C. variegatus were found to tolerate ambient salinities ranging from <0.5 to 125.2, or higher, and several species of the genus Fundulus were found to tolerate concentrations ranging from < 0.5 to ‡100. However, some of the species discussed cannot tolerate salinities beyond those of dilute brackish waters. In most instances, laboratory-determined tolerance limits of temperature and salinity were wider than conditions under which individuals of these species had been found in nature. The majority of available information related to adult individuals, with few studies focused on immature stages; however, existing information permitted a brief review of spawning, incubation, and early development features in Fundulus heteroclitus. Suggestions were made, based on existing information, as to species that would be most likely to show altered population distributions resulting from continued global warming. These included five species that have tropical/subtropical, or subtropical/temperate distributions. Also, a few others were included that show extensive latitudinal distributions, most extending northward into cooler temperate regions of the Atlantic coast. At present, none of these species has shown a range alteration that can be attributed to global warming.

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Elders Point East Marsh Island restoration monitoring data analysis

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Weppler²,

Rafferty³

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New Distribution Records for the Spotfin Killifish, Fundulus luciae (Baird), in the Lower Hudson River Estuary and Adjacent Waters

Cited by 4 publications

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Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Characterization of the Saltmarsh Topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Everman 1892)

Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Characterization of the Saltmarsh Topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi (Everman 1892)

Physicochemical environments and tolerances of cyprinodontoid fishes found in estuaries and salt marshes of eastern North America

Elders Point East Marsh Island restoration monitoring data analysis

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