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Modelling the oceanographic transport of young Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis by advective processes off South Africa
Bibliography: pages 107-121.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/21784 Modelling the oceanographic transport of young Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis by advective processes off South Africa Shannon, Lynne Jane Field, John G Nelson, G Crawford, Robert J M Marine Biology Bibliography: pages 107-121. A Monte-Carlo type model has been developed to investigate the importance of passive transport by currents above the thermocline for anchovy recruitment off South Africa. Simulation studies indicate that mean year-class strength of Cape anchovy is relatively robust to altered advective processes off South Africa. This occurs despite the fact that changed flow alters the likelihood of offshore advection and hence losses of anchovy from the system. Two different approaches have been taken to address the effects of altered advection, and the applicability of each is discussed. One approach involves altering westward advection in proportion to the mean current field (derived from Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler measurements), and the other, altering westward and northward advection by the addition of fixed offshore current velocities. The proportional approach did not affect year-class strength significantly, whereas the other approach, which incorporated large changes in the flow field, yielded statistically significant differences in predicted year-class strengths between advection scenarios. Reduced flow in the latter approach led to a mean year-class strength 2.7 times stronger than a proposed base flow scenario (which incorporated westward and northward drift in addition to the ADCP currents), whereas enhanced flow resulted in a mean year-class strength of similar magnitude to that of the base flow scenario. Changed flow may alter the geographic distribution of eggs and larvae, which might in turn influence recruitment of young-of-the-year anchovy to the South African purse-seine fishery. The north-flowing shelf-edge jet current plays an important role in transporting anchovy eggs and larvae from spawning grounds in the south to nursery areas frn1her north along the west coast of South Africa. Enhanced model advection westward and norward from the spawning grounds in the south serves to transport anchovy into the region of the jet current. However, advection into unproductive waters offshore is also enhanced and prevents good recruitment under these flow conditions. On the other hand, reduced westward and northward advection in the model, shown through wind records to characterise El-Nino years in coastal areas of South Africa, serves to retain anchovy reproductive products and often transports young anchovy into coastal areas, preventing offshore loss. Therefore the advection model suggests that good year-class strengths (in terms of numbers) are likely to be supported in years when westward and northward advection are reduced. A further reduction in westward advection may be less favourable by causing advective losses offshore along the south coast of South Africa. This may be viewed in terms of an "optimal environmental window" hypothesis, where reduced westward advection is favourable for anchovy survival off South Africa, but further reduction of westward advection as well as enhanced westward advection appear unfavourable. It is concluded that although passive transport, of anchovy in South African waters is relatively robust, it may account for a substantial proportion of recruitment variability. 2016-09-14T13:03:46Z 2016-09-14T13:03:46Z 1995 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21784 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Marine Biology Shannon, Lynne Jane Modelling the oceanographic transport of young Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis by advective processes off South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Modelling the oceanographic transport of young Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis by advective processes off South Africa |
| title_full | Modelling the oceanographic transport of young Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis by advective processes off South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Modelling the oceanographic transport of young Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis by advective processes off South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling the oceanographic transport of young Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis by advective processes off South Africa |
| title_short | Modelling the oceanographic transport of young Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis by advective processes off South Africa |
| title_sort | modelling the oceanographic transport of young cape anchovy engraulis capensis by advective processes off south africa |
| topic | Marine Biology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21784 |
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