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JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
卷 87, 期 3, 页码 679-690出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12748
关键词
habitat changes; Hippocampinae; Hippocampus guttulatus; Hippocampus hippocampus; long-term survey
资金
- FCT, Portugal [BD/41020/2007]
- scientific project INAQUA - Fundo de Conservacao by Oceanario de Lisboa
- scientific project National Geographic Channel and Throttleman
- HIPPOSAFE (Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [PTDC/MAR/122616/2010]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/MAR/122616/2010] Funding Source: FCT
Comparisons of three sets of surveys in the Ria Formosa Lagoon, Portugal, over a 13 year period (2001-2002, 2008-2009 and 2010-2013) revealed significant population fluctuations in at least one of the two seahorse (Hippocampinae) species living there, and that those fluctuations were potentially associated with habitat changes in the lagoon. After a significant decline between the first two survey periods (2001-2002 v. 2008-2009), long-snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus populations increased significantly between 2008-2009 surveys and new 2010-2013 surveys. There were no significant differences in H. guttulatus populations between the 2001-2002 and 2010-2013 surveys. In contrast, there were no significant differences in short-snouted seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus densities among the 16 sites surveyed throughout the three sampling periods, although the ability to detect any change was hampered by the low densities of this species in all time periods. Fluctuations in H. guttulatus densities were positively correlated with the percentage of holdfast coverage, but with none of the other environmental variables tested. These results highlight the importance of holdfast availability in maintaining stable seahorse populations. While population fluctuations are certainly more promising than a consistent downward decline, such extreme fluctuations observed for seahorses in the Ria Formosa Lagoon could still leave these two species vulnerable to any additional stressors, particularly during low density periods.
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