Table 1 Process Zones used to define Lutjanid juvenile habitat associations and example macrohabitat types from literature sources relevant to each zone.
From: The evolution of broad seascape utility and ontogenetic life history variation in lutjanids
Juvenile habitat Process Zones | Description and associated macrohabitat types |
|---|---|
Freshwater | Lower reaches of rivers and streams, upstream of brackish interface (may still be subject to tidal influence), riverine and connected off-channel lagoons20,21. |
Upper estuary-transitional | Brackish interface, Nypa spp. Palm swamps, mangroves, saltpans20,21,28. |
Lower estuary-nearshore | Headlands, shallow seagrass, foreshores, beaches, tidepools, coastal lagoons, deep estuary channels, coastal-fringing and shallow patch reefs16,17,18,29. |
Inshore-coastal | Unconsolidated benthic, ‘scallop grounds’, trawl grounds, shoals19,30. |
Reef | Barrier reefs, atolls, reef flats, reef lagoons, rocky and coral reefs, patch reefs, reef slopes, fore-reef, back-reef, coral heads31,32,33,34. |
Offshore | Relatively low relief open habitats, ≥ 100 m depth on upper parts of the continental and insular slopes35,36,37. |
