Chapter 21 Seagrasses, Fish, and Fisheries
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Connolly RM (1994a) A comparison of fish assemblages from
seagrass and unvegetated areas of a southern Australian estuary. Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 45: 1033–1044
Connolly RM (1994b) Removal of seagrass canopy: Effects on
small fish and their prey. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 184: 99–110
Connolly RM (1997) Differences in composition of small, motile
invertebrate assemblages from seagrass and unvegetated habitats in a southern Australian estuary. Hydrobiologia 346: 137–
148
Connolly RM, Dalton A and Bass DA (1997) Fish use of an inundated saltmarsh flat in a temperate Australian estuary. Aust
J Ecol 22: 222–226
Costa MJ, Santos CI and Cabral HN (2002) Comparative analysis
of a temperate and a tropical seagrass bed fish assemblages in
two estuarine systems: The Mira estuary (Portugal) and the
Mussulo Lagoon (Angola). Cah Biol Mar 43: 73–81
Davenport SR and Bax NJ (2002) A trophic study of a marine
ecosystem off southeastern Australia using stable isotopes of
carbon and nitrogen. Can J Fisheries Aquat Sci 59: 514–530
Dayton PK, Thrush SF, Agardy MT and Hofman RJ (1995) Environmental effects of marine fishing. Aquat Conserv: Mar
Freshwater Ecosyst 5: 205–232
Delgado O, Ruiz J, Perez M, Romero J and Ballesteros E (1999)
Effects of fish farming on seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in
a Mediterranean bay: Seagrass decline after organic loading
cessation. Oceanologica Acta 22: 109–117
DiBacco C and Levin LA (2000) Development and application
of elemental fingerprinting to track the dispersal of marine
invertebrate larvae. Limnol Oceanogr 45: 871–880
Duarte CM (1999) Seagrass ecology at the turn of the millennium: Challenges for the new century. Aquat Bot 65:7–20
Eckrich CE and Holmquist JG (2000) Trampling in a seagrass
assemblage: Direct effects, response of associated fauna, and
the role of substrate characteristics. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 201:
199–209
Edgar GJ and Shaw C (1995a) The production and trophic ecology of shallow-water fish assemblages in southern Australia.
I. Species richness, size-structure and production of fishes in
Western Port, Victoria. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 194: 53–81
Edgar GJ and Shaw C (1995b) The production and trophic ecology of shallow-water fish assemblages in southern Australia.
II. Diets of fishes and trophic relationships between fishes and
benthos at Western Port, Victoria. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 194:
83–106
Edwards JW, Edyvane KS, Boxall VA, Hamann M and Soole
KL (2001) Metal levels in seston and marine fish flesh near
industrial and metropolitan centres in South Australia. Mar
Pollut Bull 42: 389–396
Eggleston DB, Etherington LL and Elis WE (1998a) Organism
response to habitat patchiness: Species and habitat-dependent
recruitment of decapod crustaceans. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 223:
111–132
Eggleston DB, Grover JJ and Lipcius RN (1998b) Ontogenetic
diet shifts in nassau grouper: Trophic linkages and predatory
impact. Bull Mar Sci 63: 111–126
Eggleston DB, Elis WE, Etherington LL, Dahlgren P and Posey
MH (1999) Organism responses to habitat fragmentation and
diversity: Habitat colonization by estuarine macrofauna. J Exp
Mar Biol Ecol 236: 107–132
Fairweather PG (1999) Determining the ‘health’ of estuaries:
Priorities for ecological research. Aust J Ecol 24: 441–451
Ferrell DJ and Bell JD (1991) Differences among assemblages
of fish associated with Zostera capricorni and bare sand over
a large spatial scale. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 72: 15–24
Ferrell DJ, McNeill SE, Worthington DG and Bell JD (1993)
Temporal and spatial variation in the abundance of fish associated with the seagrass Posidonia australis in south-eastern
Australia. Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 44: 881–899
Fonseca DM, Thayer GW, Chester AJ and Foltz C (1984) Impact
of scallop harvesting on eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows:
Implications for management. N Am J Fisheries Manag 4:
286–293
Fonseca DM, Kenworthy WJ, Colby DR, Rittmaster KA and
Thayer GW (1990) Comparisons of fauna among natural and
transplanted eelgrass Zostera marina meadows: Criteria for
mitigation. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 65: 251–264
Fonseca MS, Meyer DL and Hall MO (1996) Development of
planted seagrass beds in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. II. Faunal
components. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 132: 141–156
Fry B (1981) Natural stable carbon isotope tag traces Texas
shrimp migrations. Fishery Bull 79: 337–345
Fry B (1983) Fish and shrimp migrations in the northern Gulf
of Mexico analyzed using stable C, N and S isotope ratios.
Fishery Bull 81: 789–801
Fry B, Mumford PL and Robblee MB (1999) Stable isotope studies of pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus duorarum Burkenroad)
migrations on the southwestern Florida shelf. Bull Mar Sci 65:
419–430
Gillanders BM (1997) Patterns of abundance and size structure
in the blue groper Achoerodus viridis (Pisces: Labridae): Evidence of links between estuaries and coastal reefs. Environ
Biol Fishes 49: 153–173
Gillanders BM (2002) Connectivity between juvenile and adult
fish populations: Do adults remain near their recruitment estuaries? Mar Ecol Prog Ser 240: 215–223
Gillanders BM and Kingsford MJ (1996) Elements in otoliths
may elucidate the contribution of estuarine recruitment to sustaining coastal reef populations of a temperate reef fish. Mar
Ecol Prog Ser 141: 13–20
Gillanders BM, Able KW, Brown JA, Eggleston DB and Sheridan
PF (2003) Evidence of connectivity between juvenile and adult
habitats for mobile marine fauna: An important component of
nurseries. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 247: 281–295
Goldberg R, Phelan B, Pereira J, Hagan S, Clark P, Bejda A,
Calabrese A, Studholme A and Able KW (2002) Variability
in habitat use by young-of-the-year winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, in three Northeastern U.S. estuaries.
Estuaries 25: 215–226
Gray CA, McElligott DJ and Chick RC (1996) Intra- and interestuary differences in assemblages of fishes associated with
shallow seagrass and bare sand. Mar Freshwater Res 47: 723–
735
Gray CA, Chick RC and McElligott DJ (1998) Diel changes in
assemblages of fishes associated with shallow seagrass and
bare sand. Est Coast Shelf Sci 46: 849–859
Greenway M (1995) Trophic relationships of macrofauna within
a Jamaican seagrass meadow and the role of the echinoid
Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck). Bull Mar Sci 56: 719–736
Griffiths SP (2001a) Diel variation in the seagrass ichthyofaunas
of three intermittently open estuaries in south-eastern Australia: Implications for improving fish diversity assessments.
Fisheries Manag Ecol 8: 123–140
531
Connolly RM (1994a) A comparison of fish assemblages from
seagrass and unvegetated areas of a southern Australian estuary. Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 45: 1033–1044
Connolly RM (1994b) Removal of seagrass canopy: Effects on
small fish and their prey. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 184: 99–110
Connolly RM (1997) Differences in composition of small, motile
invertebrate assemblages from seagrass and unvegetated habitats in a southern Australian estuary. Hydrobiologia 346: 137–
148
Connolly RM, Dalton A and Bass DA (1997) Fish use of an inundated saltmarsh flat in a temperate Australian estuary. Aust
J Ecol 22: 222–226
Costa MJ, Santos CI and Cabral HN (2002) Comparative analysis
of a temperate and a tropical seagrass bed fish assemblages in
two estuarine systems: The Mira estuary (Portugal) and the
Mussulo Lagoon (Angola). Cah Biol Mar 43: 73–81
Davenport SR and Bax NJ (2002) A trophic study of a marine
ecosystem off southeastern Australia using stable isotopes of
carbon and nitrogen. Can J Fisheries Aquat Sci 59: 514–530
Dayton PK, Thrush SF, Agardy MT and Hofman RJ (1995) Environmental effects of marine fishing. Aquat Conserv: Mar
Freshwater Ecosyst 5: 205–232
Delgado O, Ruiz J, Perez M, Romero J and Ballesteros E (1999)
Effects of fish farming on seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) in
a Mediterranean bay: Seagrass decline after organic loading
cessation. Oceanologica Acta 22: 109–117
DiBacco C and Levin LA (2000) Development and application
of elemental fingerprinting to track the dispersal of marine
invertebrate larvae. Limnol Oceanogr 45: 871–880
Duarte CM (1999) Seagrass ecology at the turn of the millennium: Challenges for the new century. Aquat Bot 65:7–20
Eckrich CE and Holmquist JG (2000) Trampling in a seagrass
assemblage: Direct effects, response of associated fauna, and
the role of substrate characteristics. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 201:
199–209
Edgar GJ and Shaw C (1995a) The production and trophic ecology of shallow-water fish assemblages in southern Australia.
I. Species richness, size-structure and production of fishes in
Western Port, Victoria. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 194: 53–81
Edgar GJ and Shaw C (1995b) The production and trophic ecology of shallow-water fish assemblages in southern Australia.
II. Diets of fishes and trophic relationships between fishes and
benthos at Western Port, Victoria. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 194:
83–106
Edwards JW, Edyvane KS, Boxall VA, Hamann M and Soole
KL (2001) Metal levels in seston and marine fish flesh near
industrial and metropolitan centres in South Australia. Mar
Pollut Bull 42: 389–396
Eggleston DB, Etherington LL and Elis WE (1998a) Organism
response to habitat patchiness: Species and habitat-dependent
recruitment of decapod crustaceans. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 223:
111–132
Eggleston DB, Grover JJ and Lipcius RN (1998b) Ontogenetic
diet shifts in nassau grouper: Trophic linkages and predatory
impact. Bull Mar Sci 63: 111–126
Eggleston DB, Elis WE, Etherington LL, Dahlgren P and Posey
MH (1999) Organism responses to habitat fragmentation and
diversity: Habitat colonization by estuarine macrofauna. J Exp
Mar Biol Ecol 236: 107–132
Fairweather PG (1999) Determining the ‘health’ of estuaries:
Priorities for ecological research. Aust J Ecol 24: 441–451
Ferrell DJ and Bell JD (1991) Differences among assemblages
of fish associated with Zostera capricorni and bare sand over
a large spatial scale. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 72: 15–24
Ferrell DJ, McNeill SE, Worthington DG and Bell JD (1993)
Temporal and spatial variation in the abundance of fish associated with the seagrass Posidonia australis in south-eastern
Australia. Aust J Mar Freshwater Res 44: 881–899
Fonseca DM, Thayer GW, Chester AJ and Foltz C (1984) Impact
of scallop harvesting on eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows:
Implications for management. N Am J Fisheries Manag 4:
286–293
Fonseca DM, Kenworthy WJ, Colby DR, Rittmaster KA and
Thayer GW (1990) Comparisons of fauna among natural and
transplanted eelgrass Zostera marina meadows: Criteria for
mitigation. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 65: 251–264
Fonseca MS, Meyer DL and Hall MO (1996) Development of
planted seagrass beds in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. II. Faunal
components. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 132: 141–156
Fry B (1981) Natural stable carbon isotope tag traces Texas
shrimp migrations. Fishery Bull 79: 337–345
Fry B (1983) Fish and shrimp migrations in the northern Gulf
of Mexico analyzed using stable C, N and S isotope ratios.
Fishery Bull 81: 789–801
Fry B, Mumford PL and Robblee MB (1999) Stable isotope studies of pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus duorarum Burkenroad)
migrations on the southwestern Florida shelf. Bull Mar Sci 65:
419–430
Gillanders BM (1997) Patterns of abundance and size structure
in the blue groper Achoerodus viridis (Pisces: Labridae): Evidence of links between estuaries and coastal reefs. Environ
Biol Fishes 49: 153–173
Gillanders BM (2002) Connectivity between juvenile and adult
fish populations: Do adults remain near their recruitment estuaries? Mar Ecol Prog Ser 240: 215–223
Gillanders BM and Kingsford MJ (1996) Elements in otoliths
may elucidate the contribution of estuarine recruitment to sustaining coastal reef populations of a temperate reef fish. Mar
Ecol Prog Ser 141: 13–20
Gillanders BM, Able KW, Brown JA, Eggleston DB and Sheridan
PF (2003) Evidence of connectivity between juvenile and adult
habitats for mobile marine fauna: An important component of
nurseries. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 247: 281–295
Goldberg R, Phelan B, Pereira J, Hagan S, Clark P, Bejda A,
Calabrese A, Studholme A and Able KW (2002) Variability
in habitat use by young-of-the-year winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, in three Northeastern U.S. estuaries.
Estuaries 25: 215–226
Gray CA, McElligott DJ and Chick RC (1996) Intra- and interestuary differences in assemblages of fishes associated with
shallow seagrass and bare sand. Mar Freshwater Res 47: 723–
735
Gray CA, Chick RC and McElligott DJ (1998) Diel changes in
assemblages of fishes associated with shallow seagrass and
bare sand. Est Coast Shelf Sci 46: 849–859
Greenway M (1995) Trophic relationships of macrofauna within
a Jamaican seagrass meadow and the role of the echinoid
Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck). Bull Mar Sci 56: 719–736
Griffiths SP (2001a) Diel variation in the seagrass ichthyofaunas
of three intermittently open estuaries in south-eastern Australia: Implications for improving fish diversity assessments.
Fisheries Manag Ecol 8: 123–140