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Fidelity to spawning grounds by a catadromous fish, Centropomus undecimalis

2009; Inter-Research; Volume: 389; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps08198

1616-1599

AJ Adams, RK Wolfe, Nicholas A. Barkowski, Dana L. Overcash,

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 389:213-222 (2009) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08198 Fidelity to spawning grounds by a catadromous fish, Centropomus undecimalis Aaron Adams1,*, R. Kirby Wolfe1,4, Nicholas Barkowski2, Dana Overcash3 1Mote Marine Laboratory, Charlotte Harbor Field Station, PO Box 2197, Pineland, Florida 33945, USA 2Carroll University, 100 N. East Avenue, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186, USA 3Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA 4Present address: Habitat Program, Marine Fisheries Section, Coastal Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, One Conservation Way, Suite 300, Brunswick, Georgia 31520-8687, USA *Email: aadams@mote.org ABSTRACT: There is increasing recognition that many traditionally managed marine fish stocks have metapopulation structure resulting from fidelity to spawning grounds. Such fidelity may result in population segregation, even if this segregation is not evident through genetic testing. Homing to spawning grounds is well documented for anadromous salmonids, but less so for broadcast-spawning marine fishes. This study used tag-recapture (external dart tags and internal PIT tags) and tracking (sonic transmitters and stationary receivers) to examine the potential site fidelity of mature common snook Centropomus undecimalis to coastal spawning grounds (barrier islands) of the Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida, USA, in 2 consecutive spawning seasons. Of the 63 fish (3.5% of tagged fish) recaptured within and between years, all occurred at the same island where the fish was tagged. Of the sonic-tagged snook with sufficient detections to determine movement patterns, 88.3% were detected only at the island where they were tagged. The low average distance between tag and recapture locations, and the high individual residence times at few receiver locations, suggest that fidelity may occur at an even smaller scale than the barrier island. Since spawning ground fidelity may mean that different spawning groups are subject to different conditions, and the ability of a stock to respond to anthropogenic or natural stressors may be influenced by such segregation, additional research is needed to determine the implications of spawning ground fidelity by common snook. KEY WORDS: Acoustic telemetry · Centropomus undecimalis · Fish spawning · Homing · Site fidelity · Tag-recapture Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Adams A, Wolfe RK, Barkowski N, Overcash D (2009) Fidelity to spawning grounds by a catadromous fish, Centropomus undecimalis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 389:213-222. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08198 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 389. Online publication date: September 04, 2009 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2009 Inter-Research.