Temporal patterns of breeding and recruitment in Nerophis lumbriciformis (Pisces; Syngnathidae) related to seawater temperatures

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2005

Authors

Monteiro, NM (Author) Other; Almada, VC (Author) Other; Vieira, MN (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Fish Biology

Vol. 67

Pages: 1475-1480

ISSN: 0022-1112

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexing

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-0QM

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00818.x

Abstract (EN): The breeding season of Nerophis lumbriciformis, a cold water pipefish, was positively correlated with seawater temperatures < 15(.)5 degrees C whilst recruitment occurred at the end of the upwelling season, when seawater temperature attained its maximum values. The observed alterations in seawater temperatures, with steady year-round increases, and the consequent alteration of the upwelling regime, may have dramatic consequences in the maintenance of N. lumbriciformis populations, by reducing the breeding period and simultaneously contributing to the transport of pelagic larvae northwards due to specific sea currents that occur outside the upwelling season.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6