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The effects of a tidal-mixing front on the distribution of larval fish habitats in a semi-enclosed sea during winter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2014

Emilio A. Inda-Díaz ,
Laura Sánchez-Velasco  and
Miguel F. Lavín †
Emilio A. Inda-Díaz*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Ciencias Biológicas, Agropecuarias y Pesqueras, Km. 9 Carretera Tepic-Compostela, Xalisco, Nayarit, México 63780 Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Sta. Rita, La Paz, B.C.S., México 23000
Laura Sánchez-Velasco
Affiliation:
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Sta. Rita, La Paz, B.C.S., México 23000
Miguel F. Lavín †
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada, Baja California, México 22860
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Correspondence should be addressed to: E.A. Inda-Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Ciencias Biológicas, Agropecuarias y Pesqueras, Km. 9 Carretera Tepic-Compostela, Xalisco, Nayarit, México 63780 email: eindad@uan.edu.mx
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Abstract

We examined the effect of a tidal-mixing front on the three-dimensional distribution of larval fish habitats (LFHs) in the Midriff Archipelago Region in the Gulf of California during winter. Zooplankton and environmental variables were sampled from 0 to 200 m in 50 m strata. Four LFHs were defined in association with the front, two on the northern side and two on the southern side. The northern LFHs were: (1) the Mainland Shelf Habitat, located from the surface to 100 m depth on the north-east mainland shelf, characterized mainly by the presence of Citharichtys fragilis; and (2) the Wide Distribution Habitat, extending from north-west to south across the front from the surface to 200 m depth, dominated by the ubiquitous Engraulis mordax. The southern LFHs were: (3) the Eddy Zone Habitat, defined nearly on an anticyclonic eddy, with the highest larval abundance and richness from the surface to 100 m depth, dominated by Leuroglossus stilbius; and (4) the Southern Gulf Habitat, associated with low temperature waters from the southern Gulf of California, dominated by southern-gulf species (e.g. Scomber japonicus and Sardinops sagax). Despite the weak stratification and low thermal contrast (~1.5°C) across the south front compared to summer (~3°C), our results demonstrate that the frontal zone may influence the formation of planktonic habitats even during generally homogeneous periods, which may also be relevant in other regions of the world.

Keywords

larval fish habitattidal frontmesoscale oceanographic processesanticyclonic eddythree-dimensional distributionGulf of CaliforniaMexico
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 94 , Issue 7 , November 2014 , pp. 1517 - 1530
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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