Relationships between short-term variations in density of juvenile yellowfin goby <Emphasis Type="Italic">Acanthogobius flavimanus</Emphasis> and environmental variables on an estuarine mudflat |
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Authors: | Kouki Kanou Mitsuhiko Sano Hiroshi Kohno |
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Institution: | (1) Japan Wildlife Research Center, 110-8676 Taito, Tokyo, Japan;(2) Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 113-8657 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan;(3) Laboratory of Ichthyology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 108-8477 Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Weekly variations in density of juvenile yellowfin goby Acanthogobius flavimanus with a variety of environmental variables (e.g. water temperature, salinity and transparency, and prey density) were investigated
on a tidal mudflat within the Tama River estuary, central Japan, from March to July 2001. Metamorphosing newly settled juveniles
occurred from mid-March to late May. Metamorphosed benthich juveniles first appeared in late March, the density sharply increasing
to a peak (67.0 ind./m2) in early May but rapidly decreasing to less than 10% of that two weeks later. No consistent relationships were apparent
between short-term variations in fish density by developmental stages and water temperature, or salinity. In contrast, a weak
negative relation was found between juvenile density and water transparency. Further, benthic juvenile density was positively
related to short-term fluctuations of errant polychaetes, which is one of the main prey items. |
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Keywords: | Acanthogobius flavimanus juveniles nursery prey density settlement tidal mudflat |
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