Spawning of the Red Drum in Mosquito Lagoon, East-Central Florida

Johnson, Darlene R.; Funicelli, Nicholas A.

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“…Red drum are stressed or declining, as noted earlier (Vaughan and Carmichael 2002), and are under harvest restrictions. There is some controversy regarding the estuarine spawning of red drum (see Johnson and Funicelli 1991;Holt 2008), but we conclude that populations of male red drum make spawning sounds and are likely to spawn in Pamlico Sound, even at low salinities (12-13%). Further passive acoustic, ichthyoplankton, and adult surveys in the Atlantic Ocean are required to assess the possibility of offshore sound production and spawning by red drum.…”

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“…Because they used mobile hydrophone techniques rather than automatic sonobuoys, Johnson and Funicelli (1991) may have missed periods of drumming activity that preceded egg production and spawning.…”

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“…These mobile passive acoustic surveys are useful for preliminary studies and to support biological sampling, such as ichthyoplankton surveys (Mok and Gilmore 1983;Johnson and Funicelli 1991;Luczkovich et al 1999), but they lack the synoptic sampling efforts that can be achieved with automated passive acoustic samplers. The sonobuoy we used was an inexpensive analog system similar to the automated audio recorders being used to record calls and vocalizations in other taxa (e.g., amphibians: Bridges and Dorcas 2000).…”

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“…One approach involves mapping the distribution of eggs, larvae, or pelagic juvenile fishes. The spawning areas and times are estimated from age-specific growth data and current patterns, which are projected backwards in time using estimates of fish age, growth, and estuarine hydrography (Holt et al 1985;Peters and McMichael 1987;Johnson and Funicelli 1991). This method is inefficient because of the great amount of work involved in conducting net surveys, the uncertainty over the identity of species collected at early life stages (Daniel and Graves 1994), the extensive knowledge of estuarine hydrography required, and the spatial extrapolation involved.…”

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Identifying Sciaenid Critical Spawning Habitats by the Use of Passive Acoustics

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Abstract.-Sounds produced by spawning fishes in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, have been recorded both under captive conditions and in hydrophone and sonobuoy field surveys. These sounds, produced by males, are species specific, are associated with spawning, and are most likely used for advertisement to attract females. Sounds can be discriminated by use of spectral analysis (oscillograms and spectrograms) of recordings, and the peak frequencies produced by each species can be correlated with species and fish size. Sonobuoys were used for passive acoustic surveys, which were ''sound truthed'' from recordings of captive fishes to determine the timing and location of spawning sites for four species in the family Sciaenidae: red drum Sciaenops ocellatus, spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus, weakfish C. regalis, and silver perch Bairdiella chrysoura. During May-September 1998, sounds were first detected in the early evening, increased in loudness after sunset, and ended by sunrise. Weakfish and silver perch were heard predominantly at inlet locations in May and June, whereas spotted seatrout (peak drumming in July) and red drum (peak drumming in September) were heard predominantly at lower-salinity river mouth locations in western Pamlico Sound. Passive acoustic surveys can be used to determine critical spawning habitats of sciaenid fishes; such surveys have revealed interesting insights into fish behavior and should be integrated into ocean observing systems.

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“…mouth of estuaries that are deep) seems to be preferred by black drum, silver perch, and red drum (Holt et al 1981, Johnson & Funicelli 1991, LowerreBarbieri et al 2008, Lucz kovich et al 2008).…”

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Long-term acoustic monitoring of fish calling provides baseline estimates of reproductive timelines in the May River estuary, southeastern USA

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Berry²,

Kehrer³

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Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Long-term acoustic recorders (black instrument in figure) can be used to estimate spawning timelines and rhythms by detecting fish calls associated with courtship. Design by Tim Devine, USCB Graphics ManagerMar Ecol Prog Ser 581: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] 2017 2015). In the family Sciaenidae, sound-producing fishes include Atlantic croaker Micropogonias undulatus, silver perch Bairdiella chrysoura, black drum Pogonias cromis, spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus, weakfish C. regalis, red drum Sciaenops ocellatus, spot Leiostomus xanthurus, and southern kingfish Menticirrhus americanus (Luczkovich et al. 1999, Sprague 2000, Ramcharitar et al. 2006, Gannon & Taylor 2007, Lowerre-Barbieri et al. 2008, Walters et al. 2009, Tellechea et al. 2011, Montie et al. 2015. Sound production in these fishes typically involves rapid movement of the sonic muscle surrounding the swim bladder. The resulting calls are species-specific due to anatomical differences in swim bladder and sonic muscle morphology as well as neural programming; therefore, call types can be used for species identification (Winn 1964, Ramcharitar et al. 2006.Sound production in fish species has been associated mainly with courtship behavior and reproduction (e.g. Saucier & Baltz 1993, Mann & Lobel 1995, Luczkovich et al. 2008, Walters et al. 2009, Mann et al. 2010, Montie et al. 2016, 2017. Studies have recorded underwater sounds during spawning seasons and have shown that patterns of peak calling coincide with patterns of reproductive senescence (i.e. gonadosomatic indices, sperm motility, and plasma androgen levels; Connaughton & Taylor 1995). Other wild studies have simultaneously collected acoustic recordings and plankton tows, and these data have shown that fish calling and spawning are tightly associated (Mok & Gilmore 1983, Saucier & Baltz 1993, Luczkovich et al. 1999, Aalbers & Drawbridge 2008, Lowerre-Barbieri et al. 2008. For example, the timing and amount of calling in wild weakfish were positively correlated with the timing and numbers of sciaenid eggs collected (Luczkovich et al. 1999). Similar findings have been observed in captive studies (Guest & Lasswell 1978, Connaughton & Taylor 1996, Lowerre-Barbieri et al. 2008, Montie et al. 2016, 2017. In weakfish held in laboratory tanks, courtship behavior, male calling, and spawning were correlated (Connaughton & Taylor 1996). In a quantitative study with captive red drum, findings revealed that spawning was more productive when the amount of calling increased; more eggs were collected when calls were longer in duration and contained more pulses (Montie et al. 2016). In a similar study with captive spotted seatrout, spawning was more likely to occur when male fish called more frequently; a positive relationship was found between sound pressure levels in tanks and the number of eggs collected (Montie et al. 2017). These findings indicate that acoustic metrics can accurately predict spawning potential for some soniferous fishes and that deployment of lon...

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Spawning site selection by spotted seatrout,Cynoscion nebulosus, and black drum,Pogonias cromis, in Louisiana

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SynopsisSpawning site selection by spotted seatrout and black drum was studied by locating drumming aggregations through the use of a hydrophone. From March 1987 to October 1990,315 sound observations were made to identify and characterize spawning seasons and environmental requirements of both species in the Barataria, Caminada, and eastern Timbalier Bay systems of Louisiana. The sounds produced by the spawning aggregations were identified and verified against known recordings. Spawning was verified on several occasions by capturing and rearing zygotes (eggs) into identifiable larvae. Spotted seatrout formed drumming aggregations from late May to early October at salinities ranging from 7.0 to 25.8 ppt and temperatures from 24.5 to 33S°C. Black drum formed drumming aggregations between January and April in salinities from 10.0 to 27.0ppt and temperatures from 15.0 to 24.0°C. Large drumming aggregations of spotted seatrout were located from 1800 to 2400h and from 1800 to 2200h for black drum. Spotted seatrout aggregation size was highly correlated with water temperature and for black drum with dissolved oxygen concentrations. Spawning sites for both species were frequently located in deep moving water between barrier islands as well as in channels in open water where water depth ranged from 3 to 50 m. Spawning site selection depended on a particular range of environmental conditions and spawning locations varied seasonally and yearly depending upon hydrological variation.

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Spawning of the Red Drum in Mosquito Lagoon, East-Central Florida

Cited by 28 publications

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Identifying Sciaenid Critical Spawning Habitats by the Use of Passive Acoustics

Identifying Sciaenid Critical Spawning Habitats by the Use of Passive Acoustics

Long-term acoustic monitoring of fish calling provides baseline estimates of reproductive timelines in the May River estuary, southeastern USA

Spawning site selection by spotted seatrout,Cynoscion nebulosus, and black drum,Pogonias cromis, in Louisiana

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