TY - JOUR
T1 - Diel vertical migration of chub mackerel
T2 - preliminary evidence from a biologging study
AU - Yasuda, Tohya
AU - Nagano, Naoki
AU - Kitano, Hajime
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank K. Zenimoto, H. Suzaki, R, Kawaguchi, K. Fujioka, staff of the Saga Genkai Fisheries Research Development Center, and staff of the Nagasaki Prefectural Institute of Fisheries for providing help with the fieldwork and the data sampling. We also thank 3 anonymous reviewers for providing constructive comments. S. Furukawa helped with drawing the images of the time-series data. The present study was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP15K18736.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. We thank K. Zenimoto, H. Suzaki, R, Kawaguchi, K. Fujioka, staff of the Saga Genkai Fisheries Research Development Center, and staff of the Nagasaki Prefectural Institute of Fisheries for providing help with the fieldwork and the data sampling. We also thank 3 anonymous reviewers for providing constructive comments. S. Furukawa helped with drawing the images of the time-series data. The present study was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP15K18736.
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PY - 2018/6/28
Y1 - 2018/6/28
N2 - Fishes in the genus Scomber are migratory species specialised for rapid and efficient swimming, and are also of high commercial value. Despite advances in understanding the horizontal distribution and migratory behaviour of Scomber species, knowledge remains limited about their vertical movement patterns. This paper presents a proof of concept showing the potential for using biologging techniques to help understand the vertical movement patterns of a scombrid. The vertical swimming behaviour of 1 chub mackerel S. japonicus was measured at 10 s intervals for 166 consecutive days from November to April with an electronic tag. The tagged fish showed a normal pattern of diel vertical migration (DVM) that involved movement from shallow depths at night to greater depths during the day. However, this pattern of DVM broke down or reversed on a short-term basis during the overall recording period. In addition, the fish modified the depth and amplitude of DVM in response to the vertical gradient of the water temperature. Consequently, even though the tagged individual used a wide range of depths uniformly (0 to 130 m), it remained within potentially physiologically adequate ambient water temperatures in a vertically and seasonally heterogeneous thermal environment.
AB - Fishes in the genus Scomber are migratory species specialised for rapid and efficient swimming, and are also of high commercial value. Despite advances in understanding the horizontal distribution and migratory behaviour of Scomber species, knowledge remains limited about their vertical movement patterns. This paper presents a proof of concept showing the potential for using biologging techniques to help understand the vertical movement patterns of a scombrid. The vertical swimming behaviour of 1 chub mackerel S. japonicus was measured at 10 s intervals for 166 consecutive days from November to April with an electronic tag. The tagged fish showed a normal pattern of diel vertical migration (DVM) that involved movement from shallow depths at night to greater depths during the day. However, this pattern of DVM broke down or reversed on a short-term basis during the overall recording period. In addition, the fish modified the depth and amplitude of DVM in response to the vertical gradient of the water temperature. Consequently, even though the tagged individual used a wide range of depths uniformly (0 to 130 m), it remained within potentially physiologically adequate ambient water temperatures in a vertically and seasonally heterogeneous thermal environment.
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U2 - 10.3354/meps12636
DO - 10.3354/meps12636
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049233357
SN - 0171-8630
VL - 598
SP - 147
EP - 151
JO - Marine Ecology Progress Series
JF - Marine Ecology Progress Series
ER -