quantifying movement and dispersal in adult weakfish, cynoscion regalis, a day vs night comparision
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Poweroint presentation of my summer REU Research on weakfish in a NJ estuary/river system with Rutgers University Marine Field StationTRANSCRIPT
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Quantifying movement and dispersal in adult weakfish, Cynoscion regalis:
Day vs. night comparison
Brian Reckenbeil*, Jason Turnure‡, Thomas Grothues‡, and Kenneth Able‡ *Undergraduate Biology, Moravian College, 1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
‡Rutgers University Marine Field Station, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, 132 c/o 800 Great Bay Blvd. Tuckerton, NJ 08087
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REU 2008RIOS
Research Internships in
Ocean Sciences
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http://fishbase.ca/tools/aquamaps/imagethumb/file_destination/pic_Fis-23099.jpg
Range
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Weakfish BackgroundWeakfish Background
• Weakfish spawn during the crepuscular Weakfish spawn during the crepuscular hours but spawning location preference hours but spawning location preference is relatively unknown and could be is relatively unknown and could be different from daytime habitat. different from daytime habitat.
• This study quantifies the hourly cycle This study quantifies the hourly cycle of weakfish dispersal using of weakfish dispersal using mobile mobile trackingtracking. .
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Drugged with MS-222
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T-bar tagging
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Push Starting
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Transport from/to capture site
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Measurement then Release
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Not All Survived
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TrackingTracking
WeeklyWeeklyday (06:30—19:29) day (06:30—19:29)
night (19:30—06:29)night (19:30—06:29)
Top-side receiving Top-side receiving unit unit
mobile underwater mobile underwater hydrophone hydrophone
7 standardized 7 standardized sampling locations sampling locations
Salinity, Temp, Depth, Salinity, Temp, Depth, DO, Tide cycle, DO, Tide cycle, time, bearingtime, bearing
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Above:
Deep Point, Mullica River –
Daytime hotspot
7 General Tracking Points specific fish location
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SRX and mobile SRX and mobile hydrophonehydrophone
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Data Collection
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Audio Recordings
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RESULTRESULTSS
• Data represents 6 fish ~ codeData represents 6 fish ~ code– 4 females ~ 64, 136, 137, 1564 females ~ 64, 136, 137, 156– 2 males ~ 62, 1032 males ~ 62, 103
•DrummingDrumming
•Thicker wallsThicker walls
• Day vs nightDay vs night
• MCP ~ Minimum Convex MCP ~ Minimum Convex PolygonPolygon
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a n=103 contacts
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b n=37 contacts
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a b
c d
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e
f
2 Male Day Locations
Not enough night tracking events to be able to compare data
Bonds upstream points came close to dusk, but still within day time hours (7:29pm)
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Deep Point – Daytime Hotspot
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Diel Movement Rate
Time (Hour of Day)
0 5 10 15 20
MD
PH
(lo
g)
0
1
2
3
4
Night NightDay
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Conclusions Nocturnal dispersal events and nightly increases in movement
rate appear to be common, which may be due to evening spawning events and/or foraging behavior.
Aggregative dispersal and movement observed in several individuals suggests schooling activity during both day and night.
Similar results obtained in a smaller, urbanized estuary (Manderson et al. 2007; Navesink River, NJ) suggest that behaviors may be common in other parts of the weakfish’s range.
Caution must be exercised, however, in translating the results to a population level, since variation in individual fish behavior was observed, sample size was low, and a limited spatial area was covered.
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Future Work Behavioral (i.e. spawning, foraging, predator avoidance) and
environmental (i.e. depth and water quality) correlates should be investigated to better describe potential drivers for observed differences in day/night patterns.
Quantitative measures of range and dispersal, such as MCP, become skewed based on behavioral differences between day/night. Therefore, more standardized techniques should be used in future studies.
Technological advances such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with tracking capabilities may further elucidate movement patterns by obtaining more precise location and environmental data.
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AUV ~ REMUS
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