Diverse marine fish assemblages inhabited the paleotropics during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

Geology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanaa El-Sayed ◽  
Matt Friedman ◽  
Tarek Anan ◽  
Mahmoud A. Faris ◽  
Hesham Sallam
Keyword(s):  
Marine Fish ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Short Interval ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Marine Fishes ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Extreme Conditions ◽  
Climatic Warming ◽  
Thermal Maximum ◽  
Tropical Sea

The Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) was a short interval (120–220 k.y.) of elevated global temperatures, but it is important for understanding biotic responses to climatic warming. Consequences of the PETM for marine fishes remain unclear, despite evidence that they might have been particularly vulnerable to increasing temperatures. Part of this uncertainty reflects a lack of data on marine fishes across a range of latitudes at the time. We report a new paleotropical (~12°N paleolatitude) fish fauna from the Dababiya Quarry Member of Egypt dating to the PETM. This assemblage—Ras Gharib A—is a snapshot of a time when tropical sea-surface temperatures approached limits lethal for many modern fishes. Despite extreme conditions, the Ras Gharib A fauna is compositionally similar to well-known, midlatitude Lagerstätten from the PETM or later in the Eocene. The Ras Gharib A fauna shows that diverse fish communities thrived in the paleotropics during the PETM, that these assemblages shared elements with coeval assemblages at higher latitudes, and that some taxa had broad latitudinal ranges substantially exceeding those found during cooler intervals.

scholarly journals Supplemental Material: Diverse marine fish assemblages inhabited the paleotropics during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanaa El-Sayed ◽  
et al.
Keyword(s):  
Marine Fish ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Compositional Data ◽  
Thermal Maximum

Additional details of geology and biostratigraphy of Ras Gharib A; list of fossils collected to date, and supplementary references; R code for faunal analyses; and compositional data for Late Cretaceous-Eocene marine fish assemblages.<br>

scholarly journals Supplemental Material: Diverse marine fish assemblages inhabited the paleotropics during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanaa El-Sayed ◽  
et al.
Keyword(s):  
Marine Fish ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Compositional Data ◽  
Thermal Maximum

Additional details of geology and biostratigraphy of Ras Gharib A; list of fossils collected to date, and supplementary references; R code for faunal analyses; and compositional data for Late Cretaceous-Eocene marine fish assemblages.<br>

Checklist of the marine fishes of Turkey

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MURAT BILECENOGLU ◽  
ERTAN TASKAVAK ◽  
SAVAS MATER ◽  
MURAT KAYA
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Marine Fish ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Marine Fishes ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Sea Of Marmara ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

A checklist of the marine fish fauna of Turkey is presented for the first time. Examination of the previous studies revealed the presence of 448 species in 133 families. A total of 45 species, that has a doubtful presence at Turkish seas, was briefly discussed. The ichthyofaunal similarities of seas surrounding Turkey were compared, and the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara were found to be 55.6% similar, whereas, the proportion computed for the Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea was 83.2%.

LACTOSE-FERMENTING BACTERIA FROM THE INTESTINAL CONTENTS OF MARINE FISH

1933 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORMAN E. GIBBONS
Keyword(s):  
Marine Fish ◽  
Marine Fishes ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Intestinal Contents ◽  
Fermenting Bacteria ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Contaminated Waters

From 112 marine fishes examined for the presence of lactose-fermenting bacteria, 31 strains were isolated which produced acid and gas in this sugar and 3 which produced acid only.Ten strains belonged to the genus Aerobacter, 8 being Aer. aerogenes and 2 probably varieties of Aer. cloacae. Nine were soil types and the relationship of one was doubtful.Of 24 Escherichia types, 8 were faecal mammalian strains and one was doubtful. These belonged to the species Esch. coli, Esch. communior, Esch. grünthali and Bact. immobilis. One was found in a haddock taken 3 miles offshore; the others were found in fish taken in contaminated waters or near shore.Esch. coli, Esch. communior and Aer. aerogenes are not normal inhabitants of the intestinal tracts of marine fish.

Tidal fish connectivity of reef and sea grass habitats in the Indo-Pacific

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 1287-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard K.F. Unsworth ◽  
James J. Bell ◽  
David J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
National Park ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Subsistence Fisheries ◽  
Tidal State ◽  
Sea Grass ◽  
Water Fish ◽  
Tidal Changes ◽  
Near Shore

The present study considered the influence of the tide on shallow water fish assemblages within the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia. Timed underwater visual observations were made across a gradient of intertidal to subtidal habitats from near-shore to reef crest at different tidal heights. Transient fish were found to dominate shallow water fish assemblages and the assemblage composition varied with tidal state. Fish assemblages were more diverse and abundant at higher tides in both coral and sea grass habitats, however, this was more pronounced within sea grass habitats. A tidal reduction from ≈2.0m to ≈0.8m (above chart datum) corresponded to a 30% reduction in fish abundance, while species richness also significantly decreased from 13.5 to 10.8 species per standardized timed observation. Fifty fish groups were reported from sea grass habitats with the most abundant being from the Engraulidae family and Lethrinus harak, which form important local subsistence fisheries. This research confirms the importance of tidal changes in structuring the fish fauna of Indonesian sea grass habitats and underlines the connectivity that exists between these habitats and nearby coral reefs.

scholarly journals Interannual variability of larval fish assemblages associated with water masses in winter in the Taiwan Strait during 2007–2013

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Kai Chen ◽  
Chia-Yi Pan ◽  
Yi-Chen Wang ◽  
Hsiu-Ju Tseng ◽  
Bo-Kun Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Taiwan Strait ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Coastal Current ◽  
Annual Variations ◽  
Frontal Zones ◽  
The Taiwan Strait

AbstractIn this study, the interannual variations of ichthyoplankton assemblages in the Taiwan Strait (TS) during the winters of 2007–2013 were determined. The cold China Coastal Current (CCC) and Mixed China Coastal Water (MCCW) intruded into the TS and impinged with the warm Kuroshio Branch Current (KBC) with annual variations. Consequently, the ichthyoplankton community in the TS was mainly structured into two assemblages characterized by differing environmental conditions. The composition of the warm KBC assemblage was relatively stable and was characterized by Diaphus B and Bregmaceros spp. By contrast, the cold MCCW assemblage demonstrated considerable variations over the years, with demersal Gobiidae and Scorpaenidae families considered the most representative. In addition, Benthosema pterotum and Trichiurus spp. were common in both KBC and MCCW assemblages. The distribution of the KBC assemblage demonstrated sharp boundaries in the frontal zones, whereas changes in the assemblage structure between the frontal zones were gradual for the MCCW assemblage, particularly when demersal taxa were dominant. Sea surface temperature and salinity were most strongly associated with variability in the assemblage structure during the study period. Thus, this paper provides a better understanding of long-term larval fish dynamics during winter in the TS.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Distribution of Intertidal Fish Assemblages in Different Estuarine Systems on Northern Coast of Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton Goncalves Silva Junior ◽  
Antonio Carlos Leal Castro ◽  
Ulrich Saint-Paul
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Estuarine Fish ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Tidal Creeks ◽  
Estuarine Systems ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Dynamics

The northern coast of Brazil has more than 30 estuaries distributed along 650 km of coastline. These conditions favor the presence of relatively large fish communities in estuarine environments, but published information on the fish fauna in tidal creeks in northern Brazil is only available for some mangrove systems, and comparative studies between fish estuarine communities in different tidal creeks are less common. The choice of the study area was based on the fact that it has been poorly investigated with regard to estuarine fish fauna in comparison in mangrove tidal creeks using the same fishing gear. The objective of the present study was to compare the composition of the relative biomass of taxonomic, functional and ecological guilds of fish assemblages occurring in estuarine systems along the northern coast of Brazil. The study area of the present comparative analysis extended from the southeastern edge of the Marajoara Gulf to the western edge of the Maranhense Gulf. A comparative analysis among different estuarine systems was performed using data from other studies. The abundance of juveniles was greater in the Caeté, Curuçá and Cururuca estuaries than other estuaries. Cluster analysis separated the estuaries into two distinct groups and significant differences between these groups only exist in relation to geographical proximity. The present investigation indicates that the coastal region between the states of Pará and Maranhão is characterized by high dynamics and environmental heterogeneity, particularly with regard to changes in river discharge and tidal fluctuations. The present results underscore the importance of ecological information on ichthyofauna in tropical estuaries in order to include appropriate descriptors in conservation or restoration processes of marine communities and habitats.

scholarly journals The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
N. Bellouin ◽  
W. J. Collins ◽  
I. D. Culverwell ◽  
P. R. Halloran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Chemistry ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Unified Model ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Climate Feedbacks ◽  
Vertical Extension ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Tropical Sea ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Model Family

Abstract. We describe the HadGEM2 family of climate configurations of the Met Office Unified Model, MetUM. The concept of a model "family" comprises a range of specific model configurations incorporating different levels of complexity but with a common physical framework. The HadGEM2 family of configurations includes atmosphere and ocean components, with and without a vertical extension to include a well-resolved stratosphere, and an Earth-System (ES) component which includes dynamic vegetation, ocean biology and atmospheric chemistry. The HadGEM2 physical model includes improvements designed to address specific systematic errors encountered in the previous climate configuration, HadGEM1, namely Northern Hemisphere continental temperature biases and tropical sea surface temperature biases and poor variability. Targeting these biases was crucial in order that the ES configuration could represent important biogeochemical climate feedbacks. Detailed descriptions and evaluations of particular HadGEM2 family members are included in a number of other publications, and the discussion here is limited to a summary of the overall performance using a set of model metrics which compare the way in which the various configurations simulate present-day climate and its variability.

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