Spatial and temporal habitat use patterns for salt marsh nekton: implications for ecological functions

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney A. Rountree ◽  
Kenneth W. Able
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Ecological Functions ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Salt Marsh Nekton

Breeding-season habitat use by sticklebacks (Pisces: Gasterosteidae) at Isle Verte, Quebec

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 2126-2130 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Whoriskey ◽  
G. J. Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Breeding Season ◽  
Habitat Choice ◽  
Lawrence Estuary ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Tidal Salt Marsh ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Marsh Pools ◽  
St Lawrence Estuary

We examined habitat use patterns of three species of sticklebacks as they moved from the St. Lawrence estuary into tidal salt marsh pools to breed. All three species apparently avoided pools that dried out and settled more often in pools that retained their water. Habitat choice by immigrants was not influenced by either the presence of the most aggressive species or by resident fish density. Movements of fish into the marsh and densities of fish in the pools peaked on the first days of the approximately 7-day flooding cycles, and declined thereafter. Thus, large numbers of fish moved away from these pools after initially settling in them, but the reason for this and the subsequent fate of the fish is unknown.

Can animal habitat use patterns influence their vulnerability to extreme climate events? An estuarine sportfish case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 4045-4057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross E. Boucek ◽  
Michael R. Heithaus ◽  
Rolando Santos ◽  
Philip Stevens ◽  
Jennifer S. Rehage
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Extreme Climate Events ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Extreme Climate ◽  
Climate Events ◽  
Animal Habitat

scholarly journals Habitat use patterns of franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) off southern Brazil in relation to water depth

2009 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 943-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Danilewicz ◽  
Eduardo R. Secchi ◽  
Paulo H. Ott ◽  
Ignacio B. Moreno ◽  
Manuela Bassoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
By Catch ◽  
Pontoporia Blainvillei

The patterns of habitat use by the franciscana dolphins (Pontoporia blainvillei) along its distribution are poorly known. This study investigates the patterns of habitat use with respect to depth for 181 individuals of different age, size, gender and reproductive condition off Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. The results reveal that franciscanas are very homogeneously distributed according to depth. Individuals from all lengths utilize nearly the entire range of depths of the surveyed area. Larger or older animals do not use deeper waters than younger animals, indicating that body size and age are not limiting factors for franciscanas that occupy deeper or offshore waters. Gestation seems to not cause a change in the distribution of females. Although the sex-ratio of the overall data did not vary from 1:1 in different depth intervals, a small-scale comparison between the northern and southern coast demonstrated the existence of some kind of sexual segregation. Franciscana by-catch in Rio Grande do Sul is not sustainable and it is agreed that management procedures are needed. Nevertheless, the available data on species distribution do not allow the designing of a protected area in order to minimize the by-catches of a particular sex/reproductive class.

Habitat-use patterns of the coypuMyocastor coypus in an urban wetland of its original distribution

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
María J. Corriale ◽  
Santiago M. Arias ◽  
Roberto F. Bó ◽  
Gustavo Porini
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Original Distribution ◽  
Urban Wetland

Habitat use patterns by ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of northeastern Iowa

Pedobiologia ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk J. Larsen ◽  
Timothy T. Work ◽  
Foster F. Purrington
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
Use Patterns
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