Fauna of the Floating Islands: a study of the floating seaweed, Sargassum

10.18258/4746 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay Martin Lindsay Martin
Keyword(s):  
Floating Seaweed

scholarly journals Food and habitat choice in floating seaweed clumps: the obligate opportunistic nature of the associated macrofauna

2006 ◽  
Vol 149 (6) ◽  
pp. 1499-1507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Vandendriessche ◽  
Gina De Keersmaecker ◽  
Magda Vincx ◽  
Steven Degraer
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Choice ◽  
Floating Seaweed

Diet of Juvenile Lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus (Cyclopteridae) in Floating Seaweed: Effects of Ontogeny and Prey Availability

Copeia ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 (2) ◽  
pp. 472-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnar Ingólfsson ◽  
Bjarni K. Kristjánsson
Keyword(s):  
Prey Availability ◽  
Cyclopterus Lumpus ◽  
Floating Seaweed

scholarly journals Hiding and feeding in floating seaweed: Floating seaweed clumps as possible refuges or feeding grounds for fishes

2007 ◽  
Vol 71 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 691-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Vandendriessche ◽  
Marlies Messiaen ◽  
Sarah O'Flynn ◽  
Magda Vincx ◽  
Steven Degraer
Keyword(s):  
Floating Seaweed ◽  
Feeding Grounds

scholarly journals Floating seaweed in the neustonic environment: A case study from Belgian coastal waters

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Vandendriessche ◽  
Magda Vincx ◽  
Steven Degraer
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Floating Seaweed

scholarly journals The trophic structure of fish in seaweed farms, and adjacent seagrass and coral habitats in Zanzibar, Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Batuli M. Yahya ◽  
Saleh A. Yahya ◽  
Aviti J. Mmochi ◽  
Narriman S. Jiddawi
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Relative Proportion ◽  
Predatory Fish ◽  
Gut Contents ◽  
Fish Diet ◽  
Diet Specialization ◽  
Floating Seaweed ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Prey Items

Coral reefs, seagrasses and seaweed farms (Eucheuma denticulatum) are characteristic habitats in many parts of the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania. However, information on trophic interactions, movements of fish, and variation in fish diet specialization between these habitats are scarce. The present study determined the trophic structure and the variation in diet composition of fish caught in (floating) seaweed farms, and in adjacent seagrass and coral reef habitats in Pongwe, Zanzibar. Fish were caught using traditional basket traps (dema) and gut contents of 392 fish were analyzed. A one-way Analysis of Similarities (ANOSIM) showed that there was a significant difference in the composition of prey items eaten by invertivores in different habitats (Global R = 0.109, p = 0.002.). There was no significant difference in the composition of prey items eaten by herbivores, invertivore-piscivores and omnivores (p > 0.05), likely due to movement of fish between these habitats for foraging. There was no significant difference in the relative proportion of trophic groups between the habitats (p > 0.05) except for herbivores (p < 0.05). Floating seaweed farms attract invertebrates and smaller fish, thus providing feeding grounds for predatory fish, and should be considered as ecologically important habitats as are coral reefs and seagrass beds.

scholarly journals Study on Fishes Gathering around Floating Seaweed-I

1967 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 923-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi IDA ◽  
Yoshio HIYAMA ◽  
Takaya KUSAKA
Keyword(s):  
Floating Seaweed

Floating seaweed and the influences of temperature, grazing and clump size on raft longevity — A microcosm study

2007 ◽  
Vol 343 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Vandendriessche ◽  
Magda Vincx ◽  
Steven Degraer
Keyword(s):  
Floating Seaweed ◽  
Microcosm Study ◽  
Clump Size
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