The Senses and Environmental Cues Used by Marine Larvae of Fish and Decapod Crustaceans to Find Tropical Coastal Ecosystems

Impacts of Ocean Warming on China's Fisheries Catches: An Application of “Mean Temperature of the Catch” Concept

“…As different species, under ocean warming, shift their distribution ranges at different rates, cascading effects can occur within the marine ecosystems whose communities gain or lose species. Community composition shifts with an increase of warmer-water marine species have been observed in many temperate and colder regions of the world (Arvedlund and Kavanagh, 2009;Fodrie et al, 2010;Stergiou and Tsikliras, 2011;Keskin and Pauly, 2014). Given a strong exploitation rate, as occurs in most of the world's LMEs, fish community change will be reflected in the composition of survey and/or commercial fisheries catches (Cheung et al, 2013), which makes the MTC a valid proxy to examine the effects of ocean warming imposed on the marine communities structure.…”

Shoreward swimming boosts modeled nearshore larval supply and pelagic connectivity in a coastal upwelling region

“…Empirical tests are now needed to determine how late-stage larvae and postlarvae of species with a range of swimming abilities navigate onshore to suitable settlement sites. Larvae likely use hierarchies of cues that are effective over different spatial scales, including celestial bodies, polarized light, magnetic and electric fields, waves and tides that indicate the general direction of settlement sites, and acoustic, chemical and visual cues that provide specific information on more-exact settlement locations (Arvedlund and Kavanagh, 2009;Kingsford et al, 2002;Leis et al, 2011).…”

Use of chemical cues by coral reef animal larvae for habitat selection

“…The replenishment and persistence of most coral reef species are contingent on dispersing larvae identifying a habitat and becoming established in this habitat (Leis et al 2011). Because it is unlikely that successful habitat selection by coral reef animals at settlement is solely a matter of chance (Doherty 2002), one of the greatest challenges faced by a marine species with pelagic larval stages is how to re-locate the relatively rare patches of suitable coral reef habitat on which they settle and ultimately reside as adults (Arvedlund & Kavanagh 2009). …”

“…For 2 (reef patch detection), Huijbers et al (2008) reported that settling fish larvae are capable of olfactory discrimination and prefer the odor of their home reef (mangroves and seagrass beds versus coral reefs). For 3 (microhabitat or conspecific detection), Lecchini et al (2010) showed that crustacean larvae made active habitat choices among the microhabitats tested (live coral, dead coral, macroalgae, and sand), and these species distinguished between their preferred microhabitat versus another habitat and be tween conspe cifics and heterospecifics, using visual and/or olfactory cues.Despite these recent studies on sensory cues used by marine larvae to select a habitat, the sensory and behavioral mechanisms by which larvae disperse and return from their oceanic phase to adult reef habitats are still not known, particularly for cephalopods (Montgomery et al 2006, Arvedlund & Kavanagh 2009, Leis et al 2011. Moreover, almost all fish studies have focused on the use of a single cue in isolation and at 1 spatial scale (Leis et al 2011).…”