The Identification, Conservation, and Management of Estuarine and Marine Nurseries for Fish and Invertebrates

By M. Beck, K. Heck, K. Able, D. Childers, D. Eggleston, B. Gillanders, B. Halpern, C. Hays, Kaho Hoshino, T. Minello and 3 more. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Ontogenetic dietary changes of coral reef fishes in the mangrove-seagrass-reef continuum: stable isotopes and gut-content analysis (2003, background): “Moreover, the assumptions on which the nursery concept is based are rarely tested (Beck et al. 2001).”
Ontogenetic niche shifts in the American Alligator establish functional connectivity between aquatic systems (2009, background): “To identify mobile links due to ontogenetic niche shifts, information would be needed on differential use of habitats by distinct size classes of a population, and animal movements among habitats or landscape components (Beck et al., 2001).”
Sharks in nearshore environments: models, importance, and consequences (2010, background): “Although variable conditions may create challenging environments for inhabitants, nearshore areas are highly productive and have a relatively high abundance and a rich diversity of fish and invertebrate species (Blaber et al. 1989, Beck et al. 2001).”
The importance of mangroves, mud and sand flats, and seagrass beds as feeding areas for juvenile fishes in Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar: gut content and stable isotope analyses (2006, background): “, 1988; Parrish, 1989), although little evidence has yet been provided for this (Beck et al., 2001; Chittaro et al., 2004).”
Distribution of coral reef fishes along a coral reef-seagrass gradient: edge effects and habitat segregation (2005, background): “In the present study, the term nursery species does not imply that seagrass beds function as a nursery habitat per se (as defined in Beck et al. 2001).”
Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning (2010, background): “Habitat diversity and heterogeneity are also important for supporting the exchange of organisms and materials among habitats [77–79].”
Reef fish and habitat relationships in a Caribbean seascape: the importance of reef context (2007, background): “…within seagrass communities (Duarte 2000) may Xow to nearby reefs through direct animal movement (Meyer et al. 1983; Meyer and Schultz 1985), predation, or outwelling of dissolved and particulate organic matter (Sogard 1989; Beck et al. 2001), providing resources for reef-associated Wshes.”
Marine nurseries and effective juvenile habitats: concepts and applications (2006, methodology): “While the larger habitat in the preceding example falls outside the Beck et al. (2001) definition of a nursery, it is clearly important to maintaining the adult population.”
Habitat triage for exploited fishes: Can we identify essential “Essential Fish Habitat?” (2005, background): “Habitat may not be particularly important during a particular life history stanza of fish (Petrik et al., 1999) and/or existing patterns of distribution may tell us little about what habitats the fish actually prefer (Beck et al., 2001).”
Indo-Pacific seagrass beds and mangroves contribute to fish density and diversity on adjacent coral reefs (2005, background): “…beds alone do not prove their importance as nurseries, because (1) these habitats could merely function as sinks of juveniles if adults or subadults do not migrate to adjacent coral reefs (Beck et al. 2001), and (2) other shallow-water habitats may harbour similar or higher densities of juveniles.”
The year-class phenomenon and the storage effect in marine fishes (2007, positive): “Further, to improve a population's resiliency to anthropogenic, climate-driven, and other catastrophic loss of nursery habitats, the approach of assigning high conservation priority to only the most productive nursery habitats (e.g., Beck et al., 2001) may be flawed (Kraus and Secor, 2005).”