Life-histories explain the conservation status of two estuary-associated pipefishes

Whitfield, Alan K; Mkare, Thomas K; Teske, Peter R; James, Nicola C; Cowley, Paul D

Title: Life-histories explain the conservation status of two estuary-associated pipefishes
Creator: Whitfield, Alan K
Creator: Mkare, Thomas K
Creator: Teske, Peter R
Creator: James, Nicola C
Creator: Cowley, Paul D
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2017
Date: 2017
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/445087
Identifier: vital:74346
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.024
Description: Two endemic southern African pipefish species (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) co-occur in estuaries on the southeast coast of South Africa. The larger longsnout pipefish, Syngnathus temminckii, is abundant and has a wide range that comprises coastal and estuarine habitats in all three of the region's marine biogeographic provinces. In contrast, the smaller estuarine pipefish S. watermeyeri is critically endangered, and confined to a few warm-temperate estuaries. Here, we explore reasons for these considerable differences in conservation status.
Format: 9 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Biological Conservation
Relation: Whitfield, A.K., Mkare, T.K., Teske, P.R., James, N.C. and Cowley, P.D., 2017. Life-histories explain the conservation status of two estuary-associated pipefishes. Biological Conservation, 212, pp.256-264
Relation: Biological Conservation volume 212 number 1 256 264 2017 1873-2917
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Elsevier Terms and Conditions Statement (https://www.elsevier.com/legal/elsevier-website-terms-and-conditions)

Hits: 89
Visitors: 95
Downloads: 7

Collections

Cowley, Paul Denfer (Prof)

RU South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)

SDG 14. Life Below Water

		Thumbnail	File	Description	Size	Format
View Details Download			SOURCE1	Life-histories explain the conservation status of two estuary-associated pipefishes.pdf	636 KB	Adobe Acrobat PDF	View Details Download