期刊
AQUACULTURE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
卷 14, 期 -, 页码 189-204出版社
INTER-RESEARCH
DOI: 10.3354/aei00437
关键词
Acoustic telemetry; Homarus americanus; Mussel aquaculture; Movement; Behavior; Tagging method
资金
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program) [Q-13-01-00]
This study used acoustic telemetry to evaluate the influence of longline mussel farms on lobster movement behavior. The results showed that the time lobsters spent within a site, distance travelled, and walking speed did not differ between the farm and reference sites. The tagging method had an impact on walking speed during the first 24 hours, but did not affect the residence time and the distance travelled by the lobsters.
Bivalve aquaculture sites attract a variety of large benthic species. Previous studies have shown that American lobster Homarus americanus are more abundant in mussel Mytilus edulis farms than in areas outside of them, suggesting that farms provide lobsters with adequate food and shelter. This study used acoustic telemetry to evaluate the influence of longline mussel farms on lobster movement behavior. In 2014, 60 lobsters were acoustically tagged on a boat and released in a mussel farm and at 2 reference sites outside the farm. Most lobsters (92%) left the monitored area within 1 d post-tagging; those released in reference sites moved northeast, whereas those released in the farm moved in random directions. Of the 16 lobsters that stayed or returned to the study area over the course of the 2 mo experiment, 10 displayed nomadic movements, 3 displayed small, local movements-presumably associated with foraging behavior, and 3 displayed both movements. The time lobsters spent within a site, distance travelled, and walking speed did not differ between the farm and reference sites. A second experiment was done in 2017 over 2 mo to evaluate tagging method ('on boat' and in situ tagging) effects on lobster movement behavior. The experiment followed movements by 50 lobsters, half for each treatment, and showed that tagging method can affect walking speed during the first 24 h, but had no impact on the residence time and the distance travelled by the lobsters.
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