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
- Inner Harbour
- Location Details
- Inner and Outer Harbour
- Group
- Biological - Fauna
- Category
- Fish
- Preliminary Ecosystems Component
- Population/ Community Structure
- Attribute/Species (e.g.)
- Ichthyoplankton
- Metric/Detail
- Species Richness
- 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
- 26 species were identified in this study (5 new species records for the area). When including previous research, this brings the total number of fish found in SJH to 51.
- 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
- Species accumulation curves suggest that there is a maximum of approximately 24-28 species within the harbour, suggesting successful collection of the majority of species found within the harbour
- 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