caa a22 4500 477116302 CHVBK 20180405111623.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00005226 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00005226 Prochazka Kim Zoology Department and Marine Biology Research Institute, University of Cape Town, 7700, Rondebosch, South Africa aut Seasonal patterns in a temperate intertidal fish community on the west coast of South Africa [Elektronische Daten] [Kim Prochazka] Synopsis: Seasonality was investigated in an intertidal ichthyofaunal community on the west coast of South Africa. Fishes were collected monthly from 12 to 16 intertidal pools between May 1992 and May 1993, using the ichthyocide rotenone. On each occasion sampling effort was divided equally between four biologically determined shore zones, namely the cochlear, lower and upper balanoid and littorina zones. A total of 5 409 fishes belonging to 20 species and five families was collected. All fishes were intertidal residents. No seasonal trend could be found in the total density of fishes during the year, the densities of individual species, species diversity or evenness. Thus species composition remained stable over the year. The proportion of mature individuals of each species decreased in summer as a result of recruitment of juveniles at this time. This almost complete lack of seasonality was attributed to the absence of transient species from this community. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Seasonality nationallicence Species composition nationallicence Density nationallicence Diversity nationallicence Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers 45/2(1996-02-01), 133-140 0378-1909 45:2<133 1996 45 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005226 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005226 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Prochazka Kim Zoology Department and Marine Biology Research Institute, University of Cape Town, 7700, Rondebosch, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers 45/2(1996-02-01), 133-140 0378-1909 45:2<133 1996 45 10641 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer