Relationship Between The Tropical Seagrass Bed Characteristics and The Structure of The Associated Fish Community

Ambo-Rappe, Rohani; Muhammad, Nessa; Latuconsina, Husain; Lajus, Dmitry

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dc.contributor.author	Ambo-Rappe, Rohani
dc.contributor.author	Muhammad, Nessa
dc.contributor.author	Latuconsina, Husain
dc.contributor.author	Lajus, Dmitry
dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-14T03:32:28Z
dc.date.available	2021-10-14T03:32:28Z
dc.date.issued	2013-09
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=35785
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.unisma.ac.id/handle/123456789/2055
dc.description	[ARCHIVES] Chopyright Article from : Open Journal of Ecology, https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=35785	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Structural complexity of seagrass bed including species composition and shoot density is argued to be an important factor determining fish assemblages. However statistical verification of such a relationship is possible only in areas with high species richness of seagrass and fish assemblages which is observed in tropical waters. Material for this study was collected in three seagrass beds with different structure in Inner Ambon Bay, Eastern Indonesia. This study provided evidence that higher structural complexity of seagrass bed was related to the higher richness, abundance, and biomass of fish. However, lower structural complexity of seagrass patch should not be underestimated because it provided different habitat for various stages of life in fish. Smaller fish preferred to occupy dense seagrass of dominant pioneer small-sized species (Halodule uninervis) and moved to the lesser dense bed of climax large-sized seagrass (Thalassia hemprichii and Enhalus acoroides) with increasing their size. This finding is important for seagrass-fisheries management.	en_US
dc.language.iso	other	en_US
dc.publisher	Open Journal of Ecology	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol.3 No.5;331-342
dc.subject	Fish	en_US
dc.subject	Tropical Seagrass	en_US
dc.subject	Structural Complexity	en_US
dc.subject	Enclosed Bay	en_US
dc.subject	Fisheries Management	en_US
dc.title	Relationship Between The Tropical Seagrass Bed Characteristics and The Structure of The Associated Fish Community	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US