Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Life-history trade-offs among four sympatric seabreams

Life-history trade-offs among four sympatric seabreams Fish life history is shaped by environmental and ecological circumstances but constrained by phylogeny. Life-history trade-offs can be exposed in a comparison of closely related species with similar niches. We compare the life histories of four closely related and similar-sized, sympatric, omnivorous seabreams (Sparidae) that share the same physical habitat, namely the steentjie Spondyliosoma emarginatum, hottentot Pachymetopon blochii, white stumpnose Rhabdosargus globiceps and Fransmadam Boopsoidea inornata. Samples of each species were obtained in every season from the southwestern Cape, South Africa, to obtain measures of length, mass, gonadosomatic index (GSI) and condition. Large variations in sex ratio, GSI, and spawning season length (SSL) among species are described. Differences in patterns of sex-specific GSI and condition point to different mating systems. Spondyliosoma emarginatum is a nest-guarding, short-lived, protogynous hermaphrodite. Pachymetopon blochii is a resident group-spawner. Rhabdosargus globiceps is a moderately long-lived migrant group-spawner, with a sex ratio closest to 1:1. Boopsoidea inornata is a polygamous, long-lived resident with low annual fecundity. Trade-offs are apparent between annual fecundity and longevity, parental care and male GSI, parental care and SSL, migration and SSL, hermaphroditism and migration, and hermaphroditism and bet-hedging. The cost of sequential hermaphroditism in marine fish is considered in terms of reproductive success in highly variable environments. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Journal of Marine Science Taylor & Francis

Life-history trade-offs among four sympatric seabreams

Attwood, CG; Ensair, HAM
African Journal of Marine Science , Volume 42 (3): 15 – Oct 1, 2020
Download PDF

Life-history trade-offs among four sympatric seabreams

Abstract

Fish life history is shaped by environmental and ecological circumstances but constrained by phylogeny. Life-history trade-offs can be exposed in a comparison of closely related species with similar niches. We compare the life histories of four closely related and similar-sized, sympatric, omnivorous seabreams (Sparidae) that share the same physical habitat, namely the steentjie Spondyliosoma emarginatum, hottentot Pachymetopon blochii, white stumpnose Rhabdosargus globiceps and Fransmadam...
Loading next page...
 
/lp/taylor-francis/life-history-trade-offs-among-four-sympatric-seabreams-BJ20755v1O
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2020 NISC (Pty) Ltd
ISSN
1814-2338
eISSN
1814-232X
DOI
10.2989/1814232X.2020.1794957
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Fish life history is shaped by environmental and ecological circumstances but constrained by phylogeny. Life-history trade-offs can be exposed in a comparison of closely related species with similar niches. We compare the life histories of four closely related and similar-sized, sympatric, omnivorous seabreams (Sparidae) that share the same physical habitat, namely the steentjie Spondyliosoma emarginatum, hottentot Pachymetopon blochii, white stumpnose Rhabdosargus globiceps and Fransmadam Boopsoidea inornata. Samples of each species were obtained in every season from the southwestern Cape, South Africa, to obtain measures of length, mass, gonadosomatic index (GSI) and condition. Large variations in sex ratio, GSI, and spawning season length (SSL) among species are described. Differences in patterns of sex-specific GSI and condition point to different mating systems. Spondyliosoma emarginatum is a nest-guarding, short-lived, protogynous hermaphrodite. Pachymetopon blochii is a resident group-spawner. Rhabdosargus globiceps is a moderately long-lived migrant group-spawner, with a sex ratio closest to 1:1. Boopsoidea inornata is a polygamous, long-lived resident with low annual fecundity. Trade-offs are apparent between annual fecundity and longevity, parental care and male GSI, parental care and SSL, migration and SSL, hermaphroditism and migration, and hermaphroditism and bet-hedging. The cost of sequential hermaphroditism in marine fish is considered in terms of reproductive success in highly variable environments.

Journal

African Journal of Marine Science – Taylor & Francis

Published: Oct 1, 2020

Keywords: Boopsoidea inornata; fecundity; longevity; mating system; Pachymetopon blochii; Rhabdosargus globiceps; sequential hermaphroditism; Spondyliosoma emarginatum

References

  • Ageing seabreams: a comparative study between scales and otoliths
  • Reproductive biology of the Egyptian sabaraus Crenidens crenidens (Forsskal, 1775) in the Libyan eastern coast, Libya
  • Life-history parameters of white stumpnose Rhabdosargus globiceps (Pisces: Sparidae) in Saldanha Bay, South African, with evidence of stock separation
  • Bycatch in South Africa’s inshore trawl fishery as determined from observer records
  • Life history, distribution and seasonal movements of the South African threatened seabream Chrysoblephus gibbiceps
  • Intersexuality in fishes
  • The diets of fish in three south-western Cape estuarine systems
  • Aspects of the biology and life history of white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus in South Africa
  • Movement patterns of an endangered fishery species, Lithognathus lithognathus (Sparidae), and the role of no-take marine protected areas as a management tool
  • Stochastic population dynamics and life-history variation in marine fish species
  • Life history trade-offs assemble ecological guilds
  • Adaptive parental effects: the importance of estimating environmental predictability and offspring fitness appropriately
  • Reproductive biology of Chrysoblephus laticeps and C. cristiceps (Teleosti: Sparidae)
  • Life-history changes in exploited reef fishes on the east coast of South Africa
  • Alternative reproductive styles in seabreams (Pisces: Sparidae)
  • Optimal feeding strategy of the temperate herbivorous fish Aplodactylus punctatus: the effects of food availability on digestive and reproductive patterns
  • Protogynous hermaphroditism in fishes of the family Scaridae
  • Key predictors of extinction risk in sea breams and porgies (Family: Sparidae)
  • Comparative phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of semelparity and life history in salmonid fishes
  • The benthic fauna and fishes of False Bay, South Africa
  • Functional hermaphroditism in teleosts
  • Optimal BRUVs (baited remote underwater video system) survey design for reef fish monitoring in the Stilbaai Marine Protected Area
  • Evolutionary compromise between a few large and many small eggs: comparative evidence in teleost fish
  • Phylogenetic perspectives on the evolution of functional hermaphroditism in teleost fishes
  • Life history of steentjie Spondyliosoma emarginatum (Cuvier 1830) in Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa
  • The age and growth of hottentot seabream Pachymetopon blochii before and after the South African linefish state of emergency in 2000
  • A review of the offshore trawl fishery for crustaceans on the east coast of South Africa
  • Cube law, condition factor and weight–length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendations
  • Effects of fishing on population structure and life history of roman Chrysoblephus laticeps (Sparidae)
  • Effects of fishing on a temperate reef community in South Africa 1: ichthyofauna
  • Life history of white stumpnose Rhabdosargus globiceps (Pisces: Sparidae) off South Africa
  • Extraordinary sex ratios
  • Multiple recurrent evolution of types in northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean seabreams (Sparidae
  • Depth and habitat determine assemblage structure of South Africa’s warm-temperate reef fish
  • Convergence of temperate and tropical stream fish assemblages
  • Age, growth, mortality, reproduction, and feeding habits of the striped seabream Lithognathus mormyrus (Pisces: Sparidae) in the coastal waters of the Thracian Sea
  • Seasonal patterns of food availability: influences on the reproductive output and body condition of the herbivorous crab Grapsus albolineatus
  • The effect of marine protect areas on an exploited population of sex-changing temperate reef fish: an individual-based model
  • Crossing invisible boundaries: can a marine protected area protect a mobile species?
  • Marine fish life-history strategies: applications to fishery management
  • Life history trade-offs, the intensity of competition, and coexistence in novel and evolving communities under climate change
  • Composition and seasonal variability of the suprabenthic reef-fish assemblage in False Bay
  • Diets of common suprabenthic reef fish in False Bay, South Africa
  • Latitudinal variation in reproductive characteristics of American shad (Alosa sapidissima): evidence for population specific life-history strategies in fish
  • Effects of large-scale habitat variability on condition of demersal exploited fish in the north-western Mediterranean
  • Life-history and ecosystem-driven variation in composition and residence pattern of seabream species (Perciformes: Sparidae) in two Mediterranean coastal lagoons
  • Life history trait diversity of native freshwater fishes in North America
  • Age and growth, mortality, reproduction and relative yield per recruit of the bogue, Boops boops Linné, 1758 (Sparidae), from the Algarve (south of Portugal) longline fishery
  • Spatial variation in egg size and egg number reflects trade-offs and bet-hedging in a freshwater fish
  • Criteria to define extinction risk in marine fishes: the American Fisheries Society initiative
  • Evolutionary divergence in life history traits among populations of the Lake Malawi cichlid fish Astatotilapia calliptera
  • Once more on the comparison of growth in fish and invertebrates
  • The interaction and impact of net and line fisheries in False Bay, South Africa
  • On r- and K-selection
  • A phylogenetic comparative analysis on the evolution of sequential hermaphroditism in seabreams (Teleostei: Sparidae)
  • Feeding biology of the hottentot
  • Growth, sexual maturity and reproduction in the hottentot Pachymetopon blochii (Val
  • The effects of a trade-off between foraging and brood defence on parental behaviour in the convict cichlid fish, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum
  • First survey of fishes in the Betty’s Bay Marine Protected Area along South Africàs temperate south-west coast
  • Sexual patterns in the labroid fishes of the Western Caribbean
  • Comparative analysis of phylogenetic and fishing effects in life history patterns of teleost fishes
  • The evolution of migration and some life history parameters in marine fishes
  • The evolution of life-history variation in fishes, with reference to flatfishes
  • First multi-locus time tree of seabreams and porgies (Percomorpha: Sparidae)
  • Williams’ principle: an explanation of parental care in teleost fishes
  • Demographic models: life tables, matrix models and rebound potential
  • Distribution and reproduction of the reef fish Petrus rupestris (Pisces: Sparidae) off the coast of South Africa
  • The evolution of life history traits: a critique of the theory and a review of the data
  • Feeding habits and trophic levels of Mediterranean fish
  • Variation in population structure and life-history parameters of steentjie Spondyliosoma emarginatum: effects of exploitation and biogeography
  • Age and growth of Sarpa salpa (Pisces: Sparidae) off the east coast of South Africa
  • Aspects of the reproductive biology of Sarpa salpa (Pisces: Sparidae) off the east coast of South Africa
  • Sex change and size-advantage model
  • Life-history strategies and the effectiveness of sexual selection
  • Life history strategies, population regulation, and implications for fisheries management
  • Patterns of life-history diversification in North American fishes: implications for population regulation
  • Functional traits, convergent evolution, and periodic tables of niches