期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
卷 461, 期 -, 页码 216-225出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.08.014
关键词
Field experiment; Fish assemblage; Mangrove estuary; Predation risk; Root structure
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [21380121]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21380121] Funding Source: KAKEN
This study examined the effects of mangrove structure on fish distribution patterns and predation risks in southern Japan, utilizing field experiments in which artificial units mimicked mangrove root structure and canopy shade in a mangrove estuary. Fishes responded strongly to the different levels of root structure complexity but not to canopy shade, fish species richness and abundance being consistently higher in the units with roots than in those without roots, regardless of shade presence/absence. With increasing root density, fish abundance increased considerably, although with decreasing fish body size. A tethering experiment, employing the above units and the most abundant local fish Apogon amboinensis as representative of small fishes, revealed that the predation mortality rates of small fishes decrease with increasing root density. The results suggested that the sheltering effects provided by root structure against predators may be one of the most important factors determining the distribution patterns of mangrove-associated fishes, and at least partly explain the greater abundance of small-sized fishes in microhabitats with greater root densities. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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