Ontogenetic loops in habitat use highlight the importance of littoral habitats for early life-stages of oceanic fishes in temperate waters

Polte, Patrick; Kotterba, Paul; Moll, Dorothee; Nordheim, Lena von

doi:10.1038/srep42709

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“…Because the entire early herring life history, from spawning to advanced larval stages (post-flexion), can be investigated in Greifswald Bay, it represents an ideal model system for in situ studies of survival bottlenecks (Polte et al, 2014(Polte et al, , 2017.…”

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“…Such aggregations are harvested by an industrial trawl fishery, while fish entering the shallow spawning ground are targeted by an artisanal gillnet fishery. For the early herring life stages those shallow systems are important nursery areas because they pass through the entire early life history in the area before they metamorphose and relocate to shore zone habitats of the outer coastal zone (Polte et al, 2017). As particular nurseries and inherent spawning grounds often make a greater-thanaverage contribution to the adult populations, local impacts can drastically affect the large-scale population level (Beck et al, 2001).…”

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Reduced Reproductive Success of Western Baltic Herring (Clupea harengus) as a Response to Warming Winters

Polte¹,

Gröhsler²,

Kotterba

et al. 2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Shallow estuaries, bays, and lagoons are generally considered hot spots of ocean productivity that often adjust rapidly to seasonal variations in atmospheric temperatures. During spring when biological reproductive processes begin in the temperate zones, regional climate variability can be immense and uncovering a non-linear biological response, such as fish recruitment to changing temperature regimes might be challenging. Using herring as a paradigm for a response of coastal spring productivity to regional climate drivers, we demonstrated how the annual timing of spawning periods can significantly affect the reproductive success of spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) in the western Baltic Sea. An investigation of spawning phenology in consecutive years indicated a temperature threshold range of 3.5–4.5°C triggering initial spawning in the coastal zone. Based on this finding, we analyzed the timing of larval hatching peaks, larval survival and recruitment to the adult population relative to multi-decadal time-series of seasonal sea-surface temperatures. The results revealed that the late seasonal onset of cold periods the corresponding elongation of the period where larvae hatch from the eggs and early larval hatching peaks significantly reduced larval production in a coastal nursery area and finally lead to a reduced abundance of juveniles in the entire distribution area. Using a combination of field research and time series analysis, we presented precedence for shifting regional winter regimes providing a present-day stressor to reproductive capacity of a central component of the coastal food web.

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Reduced Reproductive Success of Western Baltic Herring (Clupea harengus) as a Response to Warming Winters

Polte¹,

Gröhsler²,

Kotterba

et al. 2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…In addition to horizontal habitat shifts (e.g. between the littoral and pelagial of lentic systems), which are common in both marine and freshwater fish species (Werner & Hall, ; Polte et al, ), changes in diet composition can occur in response to vertical habitat shifts (i.e. through the water column).…”

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Causes and consequences of ontogenetic dietary shifts: a global synthesis using fish models

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Ontogenetic dietary shifts (ODSs), the changes in diet utilisation occurring over the life span of an individual consumer, are widespread in the animal kingdom. Understanding ODSs provides fundamental insights into the biological and ecological processes that function at the individual, population and community levels, and is critical for the development and testing of hypotheses around key concepts in trophic theory on model organisms. Here, we synthesise historic and contemporary research on ODSs in fishes, and identify where further research is required. Numerous biotic and abiotic factors can directly or indirectly influence ODSs, but the most influential of these may vary spatially, temporally and interspecifically. Within the constraints imposed by prey availability, we identified competition and predation risk as the major drivers of ODSs in fishes. These drivers do not directly affect the trophic ontogeny of fishes, but may have an indirect effect on diet trajectories through ontogenetic changes in habitat use and concomitant changes in prey availability. The synthesis provides compelling evidence that ODSs can have profound ecological consequences for fish by, for example, enhancing individual growth and lifetime reproductive output or reducing the risk of mortality. ODSs may also influence food‐web dynamics and facilitate the coexistence of sympatric species through resource partitioning, but we currently lack a holistic understanding of the consequences of ODSs for population, community and ecosystem processes and functioning. Studies attempting to address these knowledge gaps have largely focused on theoretical approaches, but empirical research under natural conditions, including phylogenetic and evolutionary considerations, is required to test the concepts. Research focusing on inter‐individual variation in ontogenetic trajectories has also been limited, with the complex relationships between individual behaviour and environmental heterogeneity representing a particularly promising area for future research.

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“…Habitat, another noticeable live regulating ecological factor, ensures important feeding and breeding grounds and provides food and safety for numerous aquatic species (Benaka, ). In the absence of appropriate habitat, they cannot grow or reproduce well, which means fewer and less healthy species (NOAA, ; Polte, Kotterba, Moll, & von Nordheim, ). Every species of fishes needs particular habitat, and it is also a stage of life cycle‐dependent (Beck et al, ).…”

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Effects of light and artificial fish shelter (PVC pipe) on some phenotypic traits of stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilisBloch, 1794)

et al. 2019

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Light and shelter are very important ecological factors that can affect many traits of fish. Therefore, a study was conducted to explore the effect of light and shelter on some phenotypic traits of stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis Bloch, 1794). During experiment, equal‐sized juveniles (mean ± SE: 9.04 ± 0.09 cm) were collected and reared in aquariums dividing into four treatment groups, such as T1 (0L:24D without pipe), T2 (0L:24D with pipe), T3 (12L:12D without pipe) and T4 (12L:12D with pipe). Each treatment had 36 fish, which were randomly distributed into three replications. The fish were kept up to 120 days, and then, the growth performance and skin colour were analysed. The results showed that both lighting and shelter conditions as well as their interactions had significant effects on some traits expression. The analyses revealed that lighting condition significantly influenced body area, head width and skin coloration, while shelter condition significantly affected total and standard length, body area, and their interaction showed significant effects on body area, head width and anal fin length. Thus, this study indicates that stinging catfish show better growth performance and colour patterns especially in dark and sheltered conditions which could be recommended for the successive production of this highly priced fish species.

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Ontogenetic loops in habitat use highlight the importance of littoral habitats for early life-stages of oceanic fishes in temperate waters

Cited by 26 publications

References 48 publications

Reduced Reproductive Success of Western Baltic Herring (Clupea harengus) as a Response to Warming Winters

Reduced Reproductive Success of Western Baltic Herring (Clupea harengus) as a Response to Warming Winters

Causes and consequences of ontogenetic dietary shifts: a global synthesis using fish models

Effects of light and artificial fish shelter (PVC pipe) on some phenotypic traits of stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilisBloch, 1794)

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