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Losing ‘Nemo’ : bleaching and collection appear to reduce inshore populations of anemonefishes

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Alison Jones, S Gardner, W Sinclair
Surveys of anemonefishes (Amphiprioninae) were conducted on reefs in two regions of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park with contrasting histories of disturbance to determine the degree to which spatial variation might be explained by bleaching or management status. Densities of anemonefishes were lower on reefs in the bleaching-impacted Keppel Islands than on reefs in Far North Queensland. No anemonefishes or anemones were found on or near bleached corals in the Keppel Islands. Furthermore, the highest densities of fishes were found on reefs closed to fishing and aquarium collecting in both the Keppel Islands and Far North Queensland, which suggests that collecting is compounding the effects of bleaching. These results emphasize the importance of understanding the interaction between bleaching events and anthropogenic disturbance upon commercially exploited species.

Funding

Category 3 - Industry and Other Research Income

History

Volume

73

Issue

3

Start Page

753

End Page

761

Number of Pages

9

eISSN

0022-1112

ISSN

1095-8649

Location

British Isles

Publisher

The Fisheries Society of the British Isles

Language

en-aus

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

Journal of fish biology.