The residency, movement patterns and habitat association of several demersal fish species to the Orange County Sanitation District wastewater outfall

Burns, Echelle S.; Armstrong, Jeff; Tang, Danny; Sakamoto, Ken; Lowe, Christopher G.

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110638

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“…As receivers used in this study were deployed for other projects (e.g., Wolfe and Lowe, 2015;Burns et al, 2019;Clevenstine and Lowe, 2021) and there was increased effort in tagging effort over time, receiver deployments varied by location and number over the course of this study, with a general increase in the total number deployed over the study period (Table 1).…”

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Interannual Nearshore Habitat Use of Young of the Year White Sharks Off Southern California

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Young-of-the-year (YOY) and juvenile-stage white sharks may use southern California nearshore beach habitats more extensively than previously known, within meters of some of the most heavily used beaches in the world. Such knowledge forms a critical component of species management and conservation plans, in addition to public safety and risk mitigation planning. We used data derived from a combination of satellite tag locations (13 animals over 3 years) and passive acoustic monitoring (34 animals over 8 years) to examine the occurrence, relative abundance, and residency patterns of YOY white sharks in southern California waters. Our results suggest that southern California contains spatiotemporally dynamic centers of primary nursery habitat. Tagged YOY white sharks formed loose aggregations at “hotspot” locations that were interannually variable, where individuals exhibited temporal fidelity, higher levels of residency, and spatially restricted movements, with multiple YOY individuals simultaneously displaying this behavior. While models of biotic and abiotic variables suggested relative abundance of tagged sharks may be predicted by sea surface temperature, salinity and productivity (chlorophyll-A), these predictors were not consistent across all years of the study. Thus, novel approaches that incorporate technologies to derive high resolution environmental data, paired with more comprehensive telemetry datasets are therefore required to better understand the extrinsic factors that drive habitat selection and residency patterns in juvenile white sharks.

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Interannual Nearshore Habitat Use of Young of the Year White Sharks Off Southern California

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“…This represents a minimum swimming distance of approximately 31 km in 35 h. Another fish (ID #29, 1602-2220) was detected at Catalina for 65 consecutive days before leaving the array from Casino Point on 22 October 2017, crossing the San Pedro Channel, and was detected off Laguna Beach, California (33.54440, −117.79850), on 24 October 2017, swimming a minimum distance of approximately 53 km in 56 h. Six days after traversing the channel, it was detected approximately 18 km northwest of Laguna Beach, near the Orange County Sanitation District's (OCSD) outfall pipe (Burns et al 2020). Another study was being conducted simultaneously around the OCSD wastewater outfall pipe using an array of 24 acoustic receivers deployed at depths between 35 and 65 m (Burns et al 2019). The GSB made six additional visits to the outfall pipe until it was last detected on 8 January 2018, and each visit lasted between two and eight days.…”

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Aggregation site fidelity and movement patterns of the protected marine predator giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)

Clevenstine

Lowe

2021

Environ Biol Fish

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Giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas, Polyprionidae) are the largest reef-associated teleost in the northeastern Pacific, considered an important predator in Macrocystis kelp forest and rocky reef ecosystems. Because of the predictability of annual aggregations, giant sea bass (GSB) were fished throughout the twentieth century until they were nearly extirpated from southern California and Baja California, Mexico. To assess population recovery, acoustic telemetry was used to quantify spatiotemporal rhythmicity of GSB aggregations at Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Thirty-two individuals were tracked for 498 days over two consecutive spawning seasons in 2017-2018 and visual surveys were conducted monthly to estimate aggregation sizes. Aggregation behavior was documented from June-October and spawning most likely occurred at a pinnacle promontory from July-September. GSB exhibited residency to specific sites throughout the year and individuals showed fidelity to suspected spawning aggregation sites during the summer months. Ten (31%) GSB were detected at Santa Catalina Island year-round and 11 (34%) exhibited suspected annual spawning site fidelity. Four individuals (12%) were documented leaving the island during late fall/winter 2017 and returning in spring/early summer 2018, indicating partial seasonal migration and year-round fidelity to specific sites at Santa Catalina Island. This study provides a baseline of spatiotemporal movements and behavioral patterns that can be used to improve our understanding of GSB and enhance management for these and other largebodied predatory fish species.

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“…and Halopteris scoparia) were found to be significant contributors to the dissimilarity ANNUAL LITERATURE REVIEW between rocky intertidal communities located near wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) outfalls compared to control areas along French and Spanish portions of the southeastern Bay of Biscay; however, no clear evidence of impact from the WWTPs was detected (Huguenin et al, 2019). Burns, Armstrong, Tang, Sakamoto, and Lowe (2019) investigated the residency times of four species of demersal fish (Citharichthys sordidus, Pleuronichthys verticalis, Parophrys vetulus, Sebastes miniatus) at two sites (near a wastewater outfall and at a reference site) in southern California over 1 year to collect fish behavioral information that can support interpretation of tissue contaminant levels relative to inter-and intra-specific differences in space use and habitat association; the authors found that only S. miniatus spent more than 10% of the study duration at the outfall site (nearly 40% of the study duration) and may be the most susceptible of the species considered to wastewater effluent effects. Using ordinary least squares analysis and publicly reported data, Ghanem and Alnafissa (2019) reported a relationship between increased untreated wastewater waste in Saudi Arabia and decreased production of marine fisheries.…”

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Effects of pollution on marine organisms

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et al. 2020

Water Environment Research

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This review covers selected 2019 articles on the biological effects of pollutants, including human physical disturbances, on marine and estuarine plants, animals, ecosystems, and habitats. The review, based largely on journal articles, covers field, and laboratory measurement activities (bioaccumulation of contaminants, field assessment surveys, toxicity testing, and biomarkers) as well as pollution issues of current interest including endocrine disrupters, emerging contaminants, wastewater discharges, marine debris, dredging, and disposal. Special emphasis is placed on effects of oil spills and marine debris due largely to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and proliferation of data on the assimilation and effects of marine debris microparticulates. Several topical areas reviewed in the past (e.g., mass mortalities ocean acidification) were dropped this year. The focus of this review is on effects, not on pollutant sources, chemistry, fate, or transport. There is considerable overlap across subject areas (e.g., some bioaccumulation data may be appeared in other topical categories such as effects of wastewater discharges, or biomarker studies appearing in oil toxicity literature). Therefore, we strongly urge readers to use keyword searching of the text and references to locate related but distributed information. Although nearly 400 papers are cited, these now represent a fraction of the literature on these subjects. Use this review mainly as a starting point. And please consult the original papers before citing them.

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The residency, movement patterns and habitat association of several demersal fish species to the Orange County Sanitation District wastewater outfall

Cited by 7 publications

References 35 publications

Interannual Nearshore Habitat Use of Young of the Year White Sharks Off Southern California

Interannual Nearshore Habitat Use of Young of the Year White Sharks Off Southern California

Aggregation site fidelity and movement patterns of the protected marine predator giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)

Effects of pollution on marine organisms

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