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Effects of mangrove deforestation on fish assemblage at Pak Phanang Bay, southern Thailand

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Daytime sampling using a seine net was conducted at Pak Phanang Bay (Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand) in February and July 2006, to determine differences in fish assemblage structures between a mangrove site and an adjacent site completely cleared of mangroves. The overall numbers of fish species and individuals were significantly higher at the mangrove site than the cleared site in both months. Although benthic crustacean feeders showed more species and individual numbers at the mangrove site in both months, the opposite was found for zooplankton feeders. A cluster analysis, based on the abundance of each species, demonstrated that the fish assemblage structures were distinctly different between the two sites. In addition, significant differences in length frequency distributions for each of the four most abundant species were found between the sites in February and/or July. Small individuals of Scatophagus argus, Ambassis nalua, and Tetraodon nigroviridis were more common at the mangrove site, and of Chelon subviridis at the cleared site. These results suggest that mangrove deforestation exerts marked effects on fish assemblages.

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  1. Tatsuya Shinnaka

    Present address: Ministry of the Environment, Naha Nature Conservation Office, 900-0027, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

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  1. Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, 113-8657, Tokyo, Japan

    Tatsuya Shinnaka, Mitsuhiko Sano & Hisashi Kurokura

  2. School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, 12120, Pathumthani, Thailand

    Kou Ikejima

  3. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science and Fisheries Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Sikao, 92150, Trang, Thailand

    Prasert Tongnunui

  4. Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environments, Shimane University, 690-8504, Matsue, Shimane, Japan

    Masahiro Horinouchi

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Shinnaka, T., Sano, M., Ikejima, K. et al. Effects of mangrove deforestation on fish assemblage at Pak Phanang Bay, southern Thailand. Fish Sci 73, 862–870 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01407.x

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