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Depth and the structure of assemblages of demersal fish: experimental trawling along a temperate coast
Connell, S.D.; Lincoln-Smith, M.P. (1999). Depth and the structure of assemblages of demersal fish: experimental trawling along a temperate coast. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 48(4): 483-495
In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Academic Press: London; New York. ISSN 0272-7714; e-ISSN 1096-0015, meer
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    Catching methods > Net fishing > Trawling
    Distribution > Geographical distribution
    Fisheries > Demersal fisheries
    PSE, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney Harbour
    Stock assessment
    Marien/Kust
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  • Connell, S.D.
  • Lincoln-Smith, M.P.
Abstract
    Demersal fish were sampled at three depths (20-30, 40-50, 60-70 m), three times and at three locations off Sydney, Australia. The main faunal change in assemblages of demersal fish occurred with depth. Multivariate analyses revealed a strong gradient of change in the structure of assemblages from shallow to deep water. Assemblages also differed among sampling times and locations, but depth explained most of the variation. Samples separated into distinct depth-related groups, irrespective of time and location of sampling. The species primarily responsible for differences in structure of assemblages among depths were also primarily responsible for differences detected among locations and times. Importantly, the average difference in abundance of these species among depths was >10 times greater than the equivalent differences among times and locations. Our study highlights considerable depth related variation associated with small changes in depth (10-20 m). This warns that small differences in depth have the potential to confound comparisons at larger spatial scales. These results support growing evidence that depth is one of the major and more predictable sources of variation in demersal fish assemblages
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