The influence of selected environmental parameters on the distribution of the dominant demersal fishes in the Kariega Estuary channel, South Africa

Richardson, Naomi; Whitfield, Alan K; Paterson, Angus W

Title: The influence of selected environmental parameters on the distribution of the dominant demersal fishes in the Kariega Estuary channel, South Africa
Creator: Richardson, Naomi
Creator: Whitfield, Alan K
Creator: Paterson, Angus W
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2006
Date: 2006
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447595
Identifier: vital:74659
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2006.11407339
Description: The Kariega Estuary channel was sampled using an otter trawl and the demersal fish catch analysed using the PRIMER statistical package. A biological-environmental (BIOENV) analysis was undertaken using the catch per unit effort ichthyofaunal data from the spring/summer period of 1996/97 and concurrent water temperature, salinity and turbidity data. No strong correlations between the ichthyofauna and recorded physico-chemical parameters were documented, although temperature did show a weak correlation to demersal fish distributions. A second sampling programme undertaken in 2004 was specifically designed to test the influence of sedimentary characteristics on the distribution patterns of the dominant demersal species.
Format: 14 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Zoology
Relation: Richardson, N., Whitfield, A.K. and Paterson, A.W., 2006. The influence of selected environmental parameters on the distribution of the dominant demersal fishes in the Kariega Estuary channel, South Africa. African Zoology, 41(1), pp.89-102
Relation: African Zoology volume 41 number 1 89 102 2006 2224-073X
Rights: Publisher
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