THE IMPORTANCE OF SEAGRASS BEDS AS A HABITAT FOR FISHERY SPECIES

By E. L. Jackson, A. Rowden, M. Attrill, Simon J. Bossey, Malcolm B. Jones. 2001

341 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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In Aquatic Science

1. J. E. Byers
2. M. Keough
3. I. Nagelkerken
4. A. Whitfield
5. Francesca Gherardi
6. K. Fausch

In Global and Planetary Change

1. A. Whitfield
2. I. Nagelkerken
3. G. Velde
4. Rod M. Connolly
5. M. Verweij
6. Martin Gullström
7. M. Öhman
8. M. Bodin

In Oceanography

1. I. Nagelkerken
2. G. Velde
3. Rod M. Connolly
4. Martin Gullström
5. A. Whitfield
6. J. Ruesink
7. M. Öhman
8. S. Rumrill

Citations in the corpus

• Partitioning mechanisms of Predator Interference in different Habitats (2006, background): “For instance, prey refuges within habitats can decrease the efficiency of predator foraging (Gause 1934; Huffaker 1958; Jackson et al. 2001; Byers 2002; Grabowski 2004), thus altering the intensity of interactions between predator and prey (Sietz et al.”
• Edge effects in patchy seagrass landscapes: The role of predation in determining fish distribution (2011, background): “Seagrass is a nearshore habitat that supports a rich and diverse array of fauna includingmany predatory species (Jackson et al., 2001).”
• The role of seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, salt marshes and reed beds as nursery areas and food sources for fishes in estuaries (2017, background): “2006; Cattrijsse and Hampel 2006; Faunce and Serafy 2006), there is no universal acceptance that these habitats are essential to the juveniles of fish species associated with estuaries (Beck et al. 2001; Jackson et al. 2001).”
• The ecological role of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the estuarine environment: A review with application to oyster and clam culture in West Coast (USA) estuaries (2009, background): “Indeed, higher densities of estuarine fish and invertebrates have been widely found in association with structured habitats like seagrass (Orth et al., 1984; Jackson et al., 2001; Heck et al., 2003) and oyster reefs (Breitberg, 1999; Coen et al.”
• Structure, food and shade attract juvenile coral reef fish to mangrove and seagrass habitats: a field experiment (2006, background): “Mangroves and seagrass beds are assumed to function as nursery habitats for a variety of reef fish species (Parrish 1989, Jackson et al. 2001, Heck et al. 2003), though direct evidence of connectivity between juvenile and adult habitats has seldom been provided (Beck et al. 2001, Gillanders et al.…”
• Trophic cascades in a temperate seagrass community (2008, background): “They support high species diversity and productivity by providing physical habitat, food and predation refuge for a variety of organisms (Williams and Heck 2001), including many species that are economically important (Jackson et al. 2001a).”
• Shift in fish assemblage structure due to loss of seagrass Zostera marina habitats in Sweden (2006, neutral): “…be expected that species richness and composition of fish species would change when vegetation disappears as a result of lower habitat complexity (Jackson et al., 2001; Hughes et al., 2002; Lazzari, 2002), but the density of fish does not necessarily decrease, since shallow soft bottoms are…”
• Review of nekton patterns and ecological processes in seagrass landscapes (2006, background): “Seagrass meadows support high densities of animals and are considered fundamentally important in providing habitat for commercially or recreationally harvested aquatic animals (Jackson et al., 2001).”
• Trophic ecology of green sea turtles in a highly urbanized bay: Insights from stable isotopes and mixing models (2011, neutral): “Additionally, declines in green turtle populationshave been linked to a drop in the condition of seagrass pastures around the world (Jackson et al., 2001) highlighting the critical relationship between these two ecosystem components.”
• Seagrass structural complexity and landscape configuration as determinants of tropical fish assemblage composition (2008, background): “Seagrass ecosystems provide keystone environments for numerous marine organisms migrating among shallow-water habitats (Connolly & Hindell 2006), and their significance as nursery ground for fish has drawn specific attention (Jackson et al. 2001).”