Record Info:

Extended Citation

Van Guelpen, L., Courtenay, S., and Methven, D. (2015). Final Report For: Life history of fishes in Saint John Harbour A proposal to advise the Saint John Harbour Environmental Monitoring Partnership (SJH-EMP) on a monitoring program in support of cum

Reference Abbreviation

Van Guelpen et al., 2015

Date Communicated

2015

Region

Outer Harbour/Bay of Fundy

Location Details

Inner and Outer Harbour

Group

Biological - Fauna

Category

Fish

Preliminary Ecosystems Component

Population/ Community Structure

Attribute/Species (e.g.)

Ichthyoplankton

Metric/Detail

Community Similarity - Temporal Variability (Annual)

Primary Objective

Collect baseline information on the distribution and variation (spatial, seasonal and annual) in species richness and abundance of the ichthyoplankton (fish, larval fish and fish eggs) found within Saint John Harbour. To develop baseline reference condit

Key Findings/Monitoring Red Flags

MDS plots illustrate differences in community structure between seasons, but differences in community structure between years and locations were not apparrent. However, PERMNOVA analysis revealed highly significant community structure differences between

Data Collection Start

2011

Data Collection Finish

2014

Physical collection of data/samples

Yes

Referenced Data Source (if data not physically collected or not available in text)

Stakeholder Group

Consortium/Partnership

Stakeholder Name

Saint John Harbour Environmental Monitoring Partnership (SJH-EMP)

Type of Reference

Report - NGO

Source Details

Received a copy from the Atlantic Reference Centre (Claire Goodwin)

Monitoring Tool

Monitoring/Management Recommendations

Late spring and summer the best time of year for sampling ichthyoplankton. Outer Harbour sites showed less variability, and therefore would be recommended for long term monitoring sites. Suggest sampling the entire community (as opposed to a single sent

Notes

File/Paper Location

PDF Available (from ARC)

link