Video monitoring of Sparidae temporal rhythms: three-year study by OBSEA cabled observatory

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Abstract
The abundance and composition of fish assemblages varies at different temporal scales as a product of diel and annual rhythms. In this study, we used a video-wired observatory (OBSEA, www.obsea.es) to monitor annual rhythms in a coastal fish assemblage with a 3-year data set (2012-2014). The photographs were acquired at 30 min frequency. Five species of the family Sparidae were studied (i.e. Dentex dentex, Diplodus sargus, Diplodus vulgaris, Diplodus annularis and Diplodus puntazzo) together with water temperature and daylength. The results of the annual rhythmicity analysis indicated that most of the peaks of abundance occured in the autumn months. Results suggest differentially temporal use of the reproductive or trophic niche.
CitationCoco, S., Sbragaglia, V., Fanelli, E., Azzurro, E., Marini, S., Enguídanos, S., Del Rio, J., Nogueras, M., Toma, D.M., Ponti, M., Aguzzi, J. Video monitoring of Sparidae temporal rhythms: three-year study by OBSEA cabled observatory. A: International Workshop on Marine Technology. "MARTECH 2016: 7th International Workshop on Marine Technology, Barcelona October 26th, 27th and 28th, 2016". Lisbon: 2016, p. 75-77.
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Publisher versionhttp://www.upc.edu/cdsarti/martech/usb_2016/papers/26.pdf
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