Hypoxia in mangroves: occurrence and impact on valuable tropical fish habitat

Dubuc, Alexia; Baker, Ronald; Marchand, Cyril; Waltham, Nathan J.; Sheaves, Marcus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3959-2019

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15 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 15 Oct 2019

Hypoxia in mangroves: occurrence and impact on valuable tropical fish habitat

Alexia Dubuc, Ronald Baker, Cyril Marchand, Nathan J. Waltham, and Marcus Sheaves

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RC1: 'great figures, impressive dataset', Keryn Gedan, 21 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Keryn Gedan (referee 1)', Alexia Dubuc, 30 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Comments on "Hypoxia in mangroves: occurrence and impact on valuable tropical fish habitat"', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to referee 2', Alexia Dubuc, 30 Aug 2019
EC1: 'Further explanation of several authors responses', Kenneth Rose, 03 Sep 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Kenneth Rose (Editor)', Alexia Dubuc, 05 Sep 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Sep 2019) by Kenneth Rose

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Little is known about how hypoxia influences mangrove fish assemblages. In situ video observations reveal species-specific avoidance strategies in response to developing hypoxia in a mangrove forest. Taxa commonly using mangroves could withstand hypoxia, while others usually associated with reef habitats were not recorded below 70 % saturation. These results suggest that hypoxia is an important factor shaping mangrove fish assemblages and could explain the low species richness usually observed.