Salt marshes as nurseries for nekton: testing hypotheses on density, growth and survival through meta-analysis

By T. Minello, K. Able, M. Weinstein, C. Hays. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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Are coastal habitats important nurseries? A meta‐analysis (2019, methodology): “Two synthetic analyses have updated the earlier suite of quantitative reviews (Heck et al., 2003; Minello et al., 2003; Sheridan & Hays 2003) to include more recent studies.”
The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: a review (2008, background): “The nursery grounds are generally dominated by some form of vegetation: either seagrasses (Coles and Lee Long, 1985), algae, mangroves (Staples et al., 1985), or saltmarshes (Webb and Kneib, 2002; Minello et al., 2003).”
The role of seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, salt marshes and reed beds as nursery areas and food sources for fishes in estuaries (2017, background): “A ranking of fish density according to temperate habitat types from 32 global studies showed that seagrass densities were generally higher than those recorded in various salt marsh habitats (Minello et al. 2003).”
Food availability and growth of the blue crab in seagrass and unvegetated nurseries of Chesapeake Bay (2005, background): “Other alternative nursery habitats for juvenile crabs include coarse woody debris (Everett and Ruiz, 1993), shallow water (Dittel et al., 1995; Hines and Ruiz, 1995), and marsh edge (Etherington and Eggleston, 2000; Minello et al., 2003 ).”
A re-examination of fish estuarine dependence: Evidence for connectivity between estuarine and ocean habitats (2005, background): “More recently there has been more emphasis on individual habitats such as salt marshes (Minello et al., 2003), seagrasses (Heck et al.”
The Gray Zone: Relationships between habitat loss and marine diversity and their applications in conservation (2008, background): “Likewise structurally complex habitats such as seagrasses andmarshes have greater abundances offish than less structurally complex habitats such as sand flats (Heck et al., 2003; Minello et al., 2003).”
Density, abundance and survival of the blue crab in seagrass and unstructured salt marsh nurseries of Chesapeake Bay (2005, background): “Consequently, there is currently a paradigm that the critical nurseries for marine and estuarine species such as the blue crab are structurally complex habitats such as seagrass beds and salt marshes (Heck et al., 2003; Minello et al., 2003).”
Testing the effect of habitat structure and complexity on nekton assemblages using experimental oyster reefs (2011, background): “…significant structure in shallow marine ecosystems worldwide, yet are often underrepresented in studies of estuarine nekton community and population dynamics as compared to other biogenic structures (e.g., seagrass meadows, salt marshes, mangroves, coral reefs) (see review in Minello et al., 2003).”