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Determining Density of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears

Year 2011, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, - , 01.06.2011

Ali Ulaş Faik Ozan Düzbastilar Celalettin Aydın Altan Lök Cengiz Metin

Abstract

In this study, the variation of Caulerpa racemosa density depending on different depths and its effects on the diversity of some fish species in catch composition were investigated. The quadrate method was used by divers to determine the variation of density of C. racemosa depending on depth and its possible effects on fish species diversity was determined by visual census method and combined trammel nets. The study was conducted during the periods September 2005 and March 2007 from the Eastern Aegean coast. As a result of sampling dives, density of C. racemosa was found as 135.4, 146.5, 191.3, 385.7 and 635.1 g/m² at the depth ranges of 0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20 and 21-25 m, respectively. 14 fishing operations were performed to sample fish species by using combined trammel nets. 293 individuals belonging to 13 species from the area covered by C. racemosa and 322 individuals belonging to 16 species from the control area were caught. Any variation was not found in terms of fish number sampled from those areas (P>0.01). 24 individuals belonging to 5 species and 32 individuals belonging to 5 species were censused from the area covered by C. racemosa and the control site, respectively. The differences between the number of fish sampled from those sites was found insignificant (P>0.01). Consequently this study contains the first results about invasion density of the invasive alga species seen in Turkish coasts and its effects of fish composition. It is very important to monitor this species in the invasion area and to observe its effects on other species for fishing management and the ecosystem.

Keywords

Caulerpa racemosa quadrate combined trammel net fish species diversity visual census technique

References

  • Argyrou, M., Demetropoulous, M. and Hadjichn'stophorou, M. 1999. The impact of Caulerpa racemosa on the macrobenthic communities in the coastal waters of Cyprus. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Invasive Caulerpa Species in the Mediterranean, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. MAP technical report series 125: 139— 158.
  • Ayaz, A., İşmen, A., Altınağaç, U., Özekinci, U. and Ayyıldız, H. 2008. Technical speciŞcations and stuructural differencies of trammel nets are used in Saroz Bay. Journal of Fisheries Siences, 2(3): 499- 505.
  • Bohnsack, J.A., Harper, D.E., McCellan, DB. and Hulsbeck, M. 1994. Effects of reef size on colonization and assemblege structure of Şshes at artiŞcial reefs off southeastern Florida, U.S.A. Bulletin of Marine Science, 55(2-3): 796-823.
  • Borton, S.A., and Kimmel, J.J. 1991. Environmental assesment and monitoring of artiŞcial reefs. In. W. Seaman Jr., L.M. Sprague (Eds.) ArtiŞcial Habitats for Maine and Freshwater Fisheries, Academic Pres Inc. New York: 177-236.
  • Capiomont, A., Breugnot, E., Martien, H. and Meinesz, A. 2005. Phenology of a deep-water population of Caulerpa recemosa var. Cylindracea in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Botanica Marina, 48: 80-83.
  • Carriglio, D., Sandulli, R., Deastis, S., Gall D’Addabbo, M. and Grimaldi de Zio, S. 2003. Caulerpa racemosa spread effects on the meiofauna of the Gulf of Taranto, Biol. Mar. Medit., 10: 509—51 1.
  • Casu, D., Ceccherelli, G., Palomba, D., Curini-Gelletti, M. and Castelli, A. 2005. Effetto immediato della rimozione di Caulerpa racemosa sullo zoobenthos dell’infralittorale superŞciale roccioso di Porto Torres (Nord Sardegna). In: XV Meeting of the Italian Society of Ecology, 1—3.
  • Ceccherelli, G., Piazzi, L. and Cinelli, F. 2000. Response of the non-indigeneous Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskâl) J. Agardh to the native seagrass Posidonia oseanı'ca (L.) Delile: effect of density of shoots and orientation of edges of meadows. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 243: 227-240.
  • Ceccherelli, G and Piazzi.L., 2001. Dispersal of Caulerpa racemosa fragments in the Mediterranean: lack of detachmment time effects on establishment. Bot. Mar., 44: 209-213.
  • Cirik, Ş., Cihangir, B., Choukhi, A., Lök, A., Metin, C., Küçüksezgin, F., Demirkurt, E., Eronat, H., Tıraşm, E.M., Ünlüoğlu, A., Akçalı, B., Kavcıoğlu, R., Altay, 0. and Kontaş, A. 2001. Research on Caulerpa species in Mediterranean. Final Report”, no: DBTE 128, November 2001, Izmir.
  • Cirik, Ş., Tolay, M. and Evirgen, A. 1998. Observations of C. racemosa in The Agean Sea an Mediterranean of Turkish Region, Fourth Intemational Workshop on Caulerpa taxifolia,1-2 February, Italia.
  • Dumay, O., Fernandez, C. and Pergent, G. 2002. Primary production and vegetative cycle in Posidonia oceanica thn in competition with the gren algae Caulerpa taxı'folia and Caulerpa racemosa. J. Mar. Biol Assoc. UK. 82: 379-387.
  • Gravez, V., Boudouresque, C.F., Meinesz, A. and Scabia, G. (Ed.) 1999. Fourht Intemational Workshop on Caulerpa taxifolia (Abstract book), GIS Posidonie, Marseille, France.
  • Harmelin-Vivien, M., Harmelin, J.G., Chauvet, C., Duval, C., Galzin, R., Lejeune, P., Barnabe, G., Blanc, F., Chevalier, R., Duclerc, J. and Lasserre, G. 1985. Evaluation visuelle des peuplements et populations de poissons. Methodes et problemes. Revue d’Ecologie (Tere Vie), 40: 467-539.
  • Klein, J. and Verlaque, M. 2008. The Caulerpa racemosa invasion: A critical review. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 205-225.
  • Nizamuddin, M. 1991. The Green Marine Algae of Libya, Elga Publisher, Bern.
  • Panayotidis, P. and Zuljevic, A. 2001. Sexual reproduction of the invasive gren alg Caulerpa racemosa var. Occidentalis in the Mediterranean Sea. Oceanol. Acta., 24: 199-203
  • Pandolfo, A. and Chemello, R. 1995. Prime note sulla malacofauna associata a Caulerpa racemosa nella Baia di Santa Panagia (Sicilia Orientale), Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 2(2): 649—65 1.
  • Piazzi, L., Ceccherelli, G. and Cinelli, F. 2001. Threat to macroalgal diversity: effects of the introduced alga Caulerpa racemosa in the Mediterranean, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 210: 149—159.
  • Piazzi, L., Balata, D., Cecchi, E. and Cinelli, F. 2003, Co- occurrence of Caulerpa taxifolia and C racemosa in the Mediterranean Sea: interspecifıc interactions and inşuence on native macroalgal assemblages., Crypt. Al ., 24: 233—243.
  • Şahin, E., Sezen, U., Bay1n1rh, C. and Tuzcu, O. 2000. Invasion dynamic of Caulerpa racemosa, Underwater Science and Technology Symposium, 2000.
  • Smith, CM. and Walters. L.J. 1999. Fragmentation and strategy for Caulerpa species: fates of fragments and implications for managements of an invasive weed. Mar. Ecol., 20: 307-319
  • Tolay. M., Cirik. Ş. and Evirgen. A. 1998. Observations of Caulerpa racemosa in Bodrum-Gökova Turkish Mediterranean Region, SECOTOX 98 International Conference on Exotoxicology and Enviromnental Safety,19-21 October, Antalya.
  • Tsirika, A., Patoucheas, D. and Haritonidis, S. 2006. Contribution to the knowledge of the benthic marine macroalgae from Mani region (Messiniakos Gulf, Greece). In: United Nations Enviromnent Programme (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine Vegetation. Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas, Tunis, Tunisia, 245 pp.
  • Ulaş, A., Düzbastılar, F.O., Lök, A. and Metin, C. 2007. Pre-study on determination of efŞciency of Şsh sampling methods on artiŞcial reefs. Ege University Journal of Fisheries, 24(3-4): 287-293.
  • Verlaque, M., Verlaque, N., Durand, C., Huisman, J.M., Boudouresque, C.F. and Le Parco, Y. 2003. On the identity and origin of the Mediterranean invasive Caulerpla racemosa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta), Eur. J. Phycol., 38: 325—339.
  • Verlaque, M., Afonso-Carrillo, J., Candelaria Gil- Rodriguez, M., Durand, C., Boudouresque, C.F. and Le Parco, Y. 2004. Blitzkrieg in a marine invasion: Caulerpla racemosa var cylindracea (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) reaches the Canary Islands, Biol. Inv., 6: 269—281.
  • Zuljevic, A., Antolic, B., Despalatovic, M. and Onofri, V. 2004. The spread of the invasive variety of Caulerpa racemosa in the Adriatic Sea, Rapports de la Commission Internationale pour l’Exploration ScientiŞque de la Mer Méditerranée, 37: 466.

Determining Density of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears

Year 2011, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, - , 01.06.2011

Ali Ulaş Faik Ozan Düzbastilar Celalettin Aydın Altan Lök Cengiz Metin

Abstract

In this study, the variation of Caulerpa racemosa density depending on different depths and its effects on the diversity of some fish species in catch composition were investigated. The quadrate method was used by divers to determine the variation of density of C. racemosa depending on depth and its possible effects on fish species diversity was determined by visual census method and combined trammel nets. The study was conducted during the periods September 2005 and March 2007 from the Eastern Aegean coast. As a result of sampling dives, density of C. racemosa was found as 135.4, 146.5, 191.3, 385.7 and 635.1 g/m² at the depth ranges of 0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20 and 21-25 m, respectively. 14 fishing operations were performed to sample fish species by using combined trammel nets. 293 individuals belonging to 13 species from the area covered by C. racemosa and 322 individuals belonging to 16 species from the control area were caught. Any variation was not found in terms of fish number sampled from those areas (P>0.01). 24 individuals belonging to 5 species and 32 individuals belonging to 5 species were censused from the area covered by C. racemosa and the control site, respectively. The differences between the number of fish sampled from those sites was found insignificant (P>0.01). Consequently this study contains the first results about invasion density of the invasive alga species seen in Turkish coasts and its effects of fish composition. It is very important to monitor this species in the invasion area and to observe its effects on other species for fishing management and the ecosystem.

Keywords

Caulerpa racemosa quadrate combined trammel net fish species diversity visual census technique

References

  • Argyrou, M., Demetropoulous, M. and Hadjichn'stophorou, M. 1999. The impact of Caulerpa racemosa on the macrobenthic communities in the coastal waters of Cyprus. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Invasive Caulerpa Species in the Mediterranean, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. MAP technical report series 125: 139— 158.
  • Ayaz, A., İşmen, A., Altınağaç, U., Özekinci, U. and Ayyıldız, H. 2008. Technical speciŞcations and stuructural differencies of trammel nets are used in Saroz Bay. Journal of Fisheries Siences, 2(3): 499- 505.
  • Bohnsack, J.A., Harper, D.E., McCellan, DB. and Hulsbeck, M. 1994. Effects of reef size on colonization and assemblege structure of Şshes at artiŞcial reefs off southeastern Florida, U.S.A. Bulletin of Marine Science, 55(2-3): 796-823.
  • Borton, S.A., and Kimmel, J.J. 1991. Environmental assesment and monitoring of artiŞcial reefs. In. W. Seaman Jr., L.M. Sprague (Eds.) ArtiŞcial Habitats for Maine and Freshwater Fisheries, Academic Pres Inc. New York: 177-236.
  • Capiomont, A., Breugnot, E., Martien, H. and Meinesz, A. 2005. Phenology of a deep-water population of Caulerpa recemosa var. Cylindracea in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Botanica Marina, 48: 80-83.
  • Carriglio, D., Sandulli, R., Deastis, S., Gall D’Addabbo, M. and Grimaldi de Zio, S. 2003. Caulerpa racemosa spread effects on the meiofauna of the Gulf of Taranto, Biol. Mar. Medit., 10: 509—51 1.
  • Casu, D., Ceccherelli, G., Palomba, D., Curini-Gelletti, M. and Castelli, A. 2005. Effetto immediato della rimozione di Caulerpa racemosa sullo zoobenthos dell’infralittorale superŞciale roccioso di Porto Torres (Nord Sardegna). In: XV Meeting of the Italian Society of Ecology, 1—3.
  • Ceccherelli, G., Piazzi, L. and Cinelli, F. 2000. Response of the non-indigeneous Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskâl) J. Agardh to the native seagrass Posidonia oseanı'ca (L.) Delile: effect of density of shoots and orientation of edges of meadows. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 243: 227-240.
  • Ceccherelli, G and Piazzi.L., 2001. Dispersal of Caulerpa racemosa fragments in the Mediterranean: lack of detachmment time effects on establishment. Bot. Mar., 44: 209-213.
  • Cirik, Ş., Cihangir, B., Choukhi, A., Lök, A., Metin, C., Küçüksezgin, F., Demirkurt, E., Eronat, H., Tıraşm, E.M., Ünlüoğlu, A., Akçalı, B., Kavcıoğlu, R., Altay, 0. and Kontaş, A. 2001. Research on Caulerpa species in Mediterranean. Final Report”, no: DBTE 128, November 2001, Izmir.
  • Cirik, Ş., Tolay, M. and Evirgen, A. 1998. Observations of C. racemosa in The Agean Sea an Mediterranean of Turkish Region, Fourth Intemational Workshop on Caulerpa taxifolia,1-2 February, Italia.
  • Dumay, O., Fernandez, C. and Pergent, G. 2002. Primary production and vegetative cycle in Posidonia oceanica thn in competition with the gren algae Caulerpa taxı'folia and Caulerpa racemosa. J. Mar. Biol Assoc. UK. 82: 379-387.
  • Gravez, V., Boudouresque, C.F., Meinesz, A. and Scabia, G. (Ed.) 1999. Fourht Intemational Workshop on Caulerpa taxifolia (Abstract book), GIS Posidonie, Marseille, France.
  • Harmelin-Vivien, M., Harmelin, J.G., Chauvet, C., Duval, C., Galzin, R., Lejeune, P., Barnabe, G., Blanc, F., Chevalier, R., Duclerc, J. and Lasserre, G. 1985. Evaluation visuelle des peuplements et populations de poissons. Methodes et problemes. Revue d’Ecologie (Tere Vie), 40: 467-539.
  • Klein, J. and Verlaque, M. 2008. The Caulerpa racemosa invasion: A critical review. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 205-225.
  • Nizamuddin, M. 1991. The Green Marine Algae of Libya, Elga Publisher, Bern.
  • Panayotidis, P. and Zuljevic, A. 2001. Sexual reproduction of the invasive gren alg Caulerpa racemosa var. Occidentalis in the Mediterranean Sea. Oceanol. Acta., 24: 199-203
  • Pandolfo, A. and Chemello, R. 1995. Prime note sulla malacofauna associata a Caulerpa racemosa nella Baia di Santa Panagia (Sicilia Orientale), Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 2(2): 649—65 1.
  • Piazzi, L., Ceccherelli, G. and Cinelli, F. 2001. Threat to macroalgal diversity: effects of the introduced alga Caulerpa racemosa in the Mediterranean, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 210: 149—159.
  • Piazzi, L., Balata, D., Cecchi, E. and Cinelli, F. 2003, Co- occurrence of Caulerpa taxifolia and C racemosa in the Mediterranean Sea: interspecifıc interactions and inşuence on native macroalgal assemblages., Crypt. Al ., 24: 233—243.
  • Şahin, E., Sezen, U., Bay1n1rh, C. and Tuzcu, O. 2000. Invasion dynamic of Caulerpa racemosa, Underwater Science and Technology Symposium, 2000.
  • Smith, CM. and Walters. L.J. 1999. Fragmentation and strategy for Caulerpa species: fates of fragments and implications for managements of an invasive weed. Mar. Ecol., 20: 307-319
  • Tolay. M., Cirik. Ş. and Evirgen. A. 1998. Observations of Caulerpa racemosa in Bodrum-Gökova Turkish Mediterranean Region, SECOTOX 98 International Conference on Exotoxicology and Enviromnental Safety,19-21 October, Antalya.
  • Tsirika, A., Patoucheas, D. and Haritonidis, S. 2006. Contribution to the knowledge of the benthic marine macroalgae from Mani region (Messiniakos Gulf, Greece). In: United Nations Enviromnent Programme (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine Vegetation. Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas, Tunis, Tunisia, 245 pp.
  • Ulaş, A., Düzbastılar, F.O., Lök, A. and Metin, C. 2007. Pre-study on determination of efŞciency of Şsh sampling methods on artiŞcial reefs. Ege University Journal of Fisheries, 24(3-4): 287-293.
  • Verlaque, M., Verlaque, N., Durand, C., Huisman, J.M., Boudouresque, C.F. and Le Parco, Y. 2003. On the identity and origin of the Mediterranean invasive Caulerpla racemosa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta), Eur. J. Phycol., 38: 325—339.
  • Verlaque, M., Afonso-Carrillo, J., Candelaria Gil- Rodriguez, M., Durand, C., Boudouresque, C.F. and Le Parco, Y. 2004. Blitzkrieg in a marine invasion: Caulerpla racemosa var cylindracea (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) reaches the Canary Islands, Biol. Inv., 6: 269—281.
  • Zuljevic, A., Antolic, B., Despalatovic, M. and Onofri, V. 2004. The spread of the invasive variety of Caulerpa racemosa in the Adriatic Sea, Rapports de la Commission Internationale pour l’Exploration ScientiŞque de la Mer Méditerranée, 37: 466.
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Faik Ozan Düzbastilar This is me

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Publication Date June 1, 2011
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APA Ulaş, A., Düzbastilar, F. O., Aydın, C., Lök, A., et al. (2011). Determining Density of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 11(3).
AMA Ulaş A, Düzbastilar FO, Aydın C, Lök A, Metin C. Determining Density of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. June 2011;11(3).
Chicago Ulaş, Ali, Faik Ozan Düzbastilar, Celalettin Aydın, Altan Lök, and Cengiz Metin. “Determining Density of Caulerpa Racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and Its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears”. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 11, no. 3 (June 2011).
EndNote Ulaş A, Düzbastilar FO, Aydın C, Lök A, Metin C (June 1, 2011) Determining Density of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 11 3
IEEE A. Ulaş, F. O. Düzbastilar, C. Aydın, A. Lök, and C. Metin, “Determining Density of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears”, Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 11, no. 3, 2011.
ISNAD Ulaş, Ali et al. “Determining Density of Caulerpa Racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and Its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears”. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 11/3 (June 2011).
JAMA Ulaş A, Düzbastilar FO, Aydın C, Lök A, Metin C. Determining Density of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2011;11.
MLA Ulaş, Ali et al. “Determining Density of Caulerpa Racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and Its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears”. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol. 11, no. 3, 2011.
Vancouver Ulaş A, Düzbastilar FO, Aydın C, Lök A, Metin C. Determining Density of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh and its Effects on Catch Compositions of Fishing Gears. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2011;11(3).