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The effects of trawling and habitat use on red snapper and the associated community.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The effects of trawling and habitat use on red snapper and the associated community./
Author:	Wells, Robert Joseph David.
Description:	194 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: B, page: 1478.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-03B.
Subject:	Biology, Oceanography. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3256372

The effects of trawling and habitat use on red snapper and the associated community.
Wells, Robert Joseph David.

The effects of trawling and habitat use on red snapper and the associated community. - 194 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: B, page: 1478.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, 2007.

The primary impediment to the recovery of Gulf of Mexico (GOM) red snapper is believed to be high levels of bycatch of age 0 and age 1 individuals in shrimp trawls. Thus, conservation of GOM red snapper involves evaluating both habitat-specific function and effects of shrimp trawls on red snapper and the associated benthic ecosystem. The two goals of this study were to evaluate the effects commercial shrimp trawls have on juvenile red snapper life history parameters, on associated fish and invertebrate communities and their habitat, and to identify essential fish habitat (EFH) for red snapper by applying all four data quality levels specified by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Sampling with a suite of gear types occurred during quarterly cruises over a two-year period on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. Presence of commercial shrimp trawls had negative impacts on the benthic ecosystem at large. Red snapper were found to have truncated size distributions, slower growth rates in the fall, higher mortality rates, lower production potential, and different feeding dynamics, as revealed by differences in delta 15N and delta34S, over habitats exposed to trawling. Differences in biotic communities, diversity indices, size structure, and habitat characteristics were also found between similar habitats in trawled versus non-trawled areas. Ontogenetic habitat shifts from low to higher relief habitats with increasing size and age were found for red snapper. Shell-rubble and reef habitats may be important for red snapper by providing protection from predators; however, the sand and mud habitat appears to be the most important for enhancing production and early life survival of age 0 fish based upon faster daily growth rates and higher production potential. Results of this study indicate the presence of commercial shrimp trawling negatively impacts the benthic ecosystem and post-settlement processes acting on age 0 red snapper. All habitats sampled in this study are important during some portion of the life history of red snapper. Thus, if shrimp closures are proposed in the GOM to enhance survival of age 0 and age 1 red snapper, then all habitat types sampled in this study will need to be protected.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Biology, Oceanography.

The effects of trawling and habitat use on red snapper and the associated community.
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