Fish community structure, habitat complexity, and soundscape characteristics of patch reefs in a tropical, back-reef system

• DOI: 10.3354/meps12829
• Publication Date: 2018-11-22T11:36:42Z
• Authors: RP Lyon; DB Eggleston; DR Bohnenstiehl; CA Layman; SW Ricci; JE Allgeier
• Keywords: Soundscape

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 609:33-48 (2019) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12829 Fish community structure, habitat complexity, and soundscape characteristics of patch reefs in a tropical, back-reef system R. Patrick Lyon1,2,*, David B. Eggleston1,2, DelWayne Bohnenstiehl2,3, Craig A. Layman4, Shannon W. Ricci3, Jacob E. Allgeier5 1Center for Sciences Technology, North Carolina State University, Morehead City, 28557, USA 2Department Marine, Earth, Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, 27695, 3Center Geospatial Analytics, 4Department Applied Ecology, 5Department Evolutionary Biology, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, *Corresponding author: [e-mail] ABSTRACT: soundscapes can provide information on presence soniferous species and, some cases, biodiversity certain marine organisms. Tropical back-reefs functioning as nursery areas essential fish juveniles sub-adults moving offshore coral they grow; yet little is known underwater these habitats. We characterized 7 artificial within seagrass-dominated, embayment The Bahamas. Hydrophones were deployed at each reef recorded simultaneously 2 min every 20 from March July 2016. Sound pressure levels (SPLs) acoustic complexity (ACI) analyzed low (0.1-1.5 kHz) high (4-20 frequency bands evaluate sounds produced by Low SPLs associated with vocalizations peaked twice per day reefs, but showed no relationship or structure. High invertebrate snap rates nightly positively correlated structural rugosity not ACI values both associations These findings suggest that may be more indicative nurseries than SPLs, neither correlate structure dominated juvenile sub-adult fish. KEY WORDS: Soundscapes · Habitat Nursery Full text pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Lyon RP, Eggleston DB, Bohnenstiehl DR, Layman CA, Ricci SW, Allgeier JE system. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 609:33-48. Export citation Tweet linkedIn Cited Published Vol. 609. Online publication date: January 17, 2019 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; 1616-1599 Copyright © Inter-Research.