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SHALLOW COVES AS NURSERIES FOR NON-RESIDENT FISH: A CASE STUDY IN THE EASTERN MIDDLE ADRIATIC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2002

Jakov Dulčić ,
Sanja Matić  and
Miro Kraljević
Jakov Dulčić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, POB 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
Sanja Matić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, POB 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
Miro Kraljević
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, POB 500, 21000 Split, Croatia
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Abstract

Juveniles of 33 non-resident fish collected in three sheltered shallow coves (eastern Adriatic) fell into three groups: (a) occasional (10 species); (b) present in the study site only for short periods and at small sizes, in transit to a nearby Krka Estuary (11 species); and (c) species that spend most or all of their juvenile phase in sheltered coves (12 species). This note provides suggestive evidence that shallow water habitats inside sheltered coves could play an important role as nurseries for fish groups (b) and (c) during their early life stages.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 82 , Issue 6 , December 2002 , pp. 991 - 993
Copyright
© 2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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