Retention of White Perch and Striped Bass Larvae: Biological-Physical Interactions in Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Turbidity Maximum

North, Elizabeth W.; Houde, Edward D.

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“…7). The ETM has been found to be an important nursery area for larval fish in the St. Lawrence River estuary (Dodson et al 1989), San Francisco Bay (Jabbsy et al 1995) and Chesapeake Bay (North & Houde 2001). As pointed out by Blaber & Blaber (1980) and Cyrus & Blaber (1987), although salinity may influence fish distribution in estuaries, the turbidity is more significant in relation to differential distribution patterns of young fish.…”

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Distribution of whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri in relation to environmental factors at the Río de la Plata estuary, South America

Jaureguízar¹,

Bava²,

Carozza³

et al. 2003

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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The age-class distribution of the whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri and its relationship to environmental factors was evaluated from 278 stations sampled between 1993 and 1999 during early winter and spring within the Rio de la Plata estuary (36°S, 56°W). A detrended canonical correspondence analysis (DCCA) was used to define sampling station groups based on age structure of whitemouth croaker, and to estimate their association with depth, type of substrate, temperature and salinity of surface and bottom waters. Complementary information for surface temperature and location of the turbidity fronts was derived from NOAA-14-AVHRR imagery obtained in 1999. Results indicated that bottom salinity has a major influence on the spatial distribution pattern of M. furnieri, and that distinct preferences for different salinities by the various age-classes of this species result in a differential distribution pattern along the main axis of the estuary. In both seasons, turbidity fronts were located at the inner central area of the estuary and showed a close fit with the distribution of the youngest age-classes. KEY WORDS: Micropogonias furnieri · Age-classes · Environmental factors · Río de la Plata · EstuaryResale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisher

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Distribution of whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri in relation to environmental factors at the Río de la Plata estuary, South America

Jaureguízar¹,

Bava²,

Carozza³

et al. 2003

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…comm.). Recently, North and Houde (2001) have shown that striped bass larvae post-yolk-sac stage (probably before swim-bladder inflation) were near the surface on flood tides, whereas older larvae were at depth. Residual landward currents are a more consistent feature of the Hudson and Chesapeake estuaries than the San Francisco Estuary, such that vertical migration may not be necessary for position maintenance.…”

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Plasticity in vertical migration by native and exotic estuarine fishes in a dynamic low‐salinity zone

Bennett

Kimmerer

Burau

2002

Limnology & Oceanography

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We investigated the degree of flexibility in retention strategies of young fishes in the low-salinity zone (LSZ) of the San Francisco Estuary during years of highly variable river flow. We conducted depth-stratified sampling over three full tidal cycles in each year from 1994 to 1996. In 1994, exotic striped bass (Morone saxatilis), native longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys), and exotic yellowfin goby (Acanthogobus flavimanus) migrated tidally, occurring near the surface on flood tides and near the bottom on ebb tides. This strategy may have facilitated retention, because landward residual currents were absent in this drought year. During 1995, this behavior persisted for striped bass and yellowfin goby, even though landward residual currents were present under high river-flow conditions. In moderate river-flow conditions (1996), longfin smelt again migrated tidally, whereas at another station adjacent to shallow bays, longfin smelt, striped bass, and native delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) migrated on a reverse diel cycle, occurring near the surface by day and at depth by night. Reverse diel migration may facilitate horizontal transport and retention. Therefore, young fishes appeared to be behaviorally flexible in different environmental conditions to maximize retention. Vertical migrations may also enhance feeding success because zooplankton prey similarly migrated in the LSZ. Our study underscores the value of interdisciplinary studies in a variety of environmental conditions to decipher the range of organism behaviors promoting transport and retention in optimal habitats.

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“…This analysis was motivated by knowledge of the strong positive relationship between the mean freshwater discharge in spring months and the year-class strength (Houde & Secor 1996, North & Houde 2001, which suggested that the effects of inter-annual variability in flow surpassed the effects of within-year, seasonal flow variability. Except for 1996, when sampling of eggs was insufficient, egg and larval concentrations were averaged in 5 km bins and standardized as z-scores (residual divided by standard deviation) to delineate stage-specific centers of abundance.…”

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“…striped bass Morone saxatilis and rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax, and the dynamics and structure of the ETM and salt front (Dodson et al 1989, Sirois & Dodson 2000a,b, North & Houde 2003, 2006. In Chesapeake Bay, the ETM is a favorable nursery for striped bass and larvae of the congeneric white perch Morone americana (North & Houde 2001, Shoji et al 2005, possibly because high concentrations of the copepod Eurytemora affinis, a common prey of these larvae, are found in and near the ETM (Boynton et al 1997, North & Houde 2001, Roman et al 2001.…”

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Recruitment of striped bass in Chesapeake Bay: spatial and temporal environmental variability and availability of zooplankton prey

Martino

Houde²

2010

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Causes of recruitment variability in young-of-the-year (YOY) striped bass Morone saxatilis from Chesapeake Bay were investigated based on (1) surveys from 2001 to 2003 to document spatio-temporal variability in abundance of larval striped bass, zooplankton prey, and feeding success of larvae; (2) a synthetic analysis (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 to 2003) to describe how environmental factors and prey affect recruitment success; and (3) a 10 yr analysis (1993 to 2002) of inter-annual differences in spatial and temporal patterns of copepods and cladocera eaten by striped bass larvae. Striped bass YOY recruitment levels varied >11-fold in the 6 years examined. In those years, mean daily freshwater flows from the Susquehanna River to the bay in March and April varied > 2-fold and controlled distribution and apparent survival of striped bass larvae. Strong recruitments of YOY striped bass were associated with matches in space and time of larval striped bass and high concentrations of zooplankton prey, especially the copepod Eurytemora affinis and cladoceran Bosmina longirostris. The strongest year classes (1996, 2003) were produced in years of high freshwater flow, characterized by a high abundance of feeding-stage larvae and a spatio-temporal match between peak abundance of larvae and zooplankton prey. Enhanced feeding opportunities were most pronounced in high freshwater-flow years (1996, 1998, 2003), when larvae and zooplankton prey were strongly associated with, and apparently retained near, the estuarine turbidity maximum. First-feeding larvae fed more successfully in a high-flow year (2003; prey incidence 91%) than in a drier year (2001; prey incidence 35%). A regression model that may have forecasting potential was developed to describe recruitment of YOY striped bass for the years from 1985 to 2006. The model includes spring freshwater flow and air temperatures to predict age-0 striped bass recruitment strength (R 2 = 0.65). Flow and temperature control environmental and hydrographic conditions that strongly influence spatio-temporal overlap of larval striped bass and zooplankton. The model provided accurate recruitment forecasts for 2007 and 2009, but was less successful in 2008, a year of exceptionally low recruitment. KEY WORDS: Chesapeake Bay · Striped bass · Recruitment variability · Larval fish · Zooplankton · Trophodynamics · Biophysical interactions Resale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisherMar Ecol Prog Ser 409: [213][214][215][216][217][218][219][220][221][222][223][224][225][226][227][228] 2010 leading to higher larval growth rates and increased larval survival (Houde 2008).Spatial variability in the prey available to larvae, while not explicitly formalized in critical period and match-mismatch hypotheses, is recognized as a determinant of growth and survival. Feeding conditions of larval fish across mesoscale (>1 to 100 km) gradients in prey concentrations are often attributable to prevailing circulation patterns, frontal features, and interacting spa...

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Retention of White Perch and Striped Bass Larvae: Biological-Physical Interactions in Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Turbidity Maximum

Cited by 98 publications

References 36 publications

Distribution of whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri in relation to environmental factors at the Río de la Plata estuary, South America

Distribution of whitemouth croaker Micropogonias furnieri in relation to environmental factors at the Río de la Plata estuary, South America

Plasticity in vertical migration by native and exotic estuarine fishes in a dynamic low‐salinity zone

Recruitment of striped bass in Chesapeake Bay: spatial and temporal environmental variability and availability of zooplankton prey

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