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Chapitre 4 : Impact of vegetation structure dynamics and usage on the nursery function<br />

of West European tidal salt-marshes.<br />

3.3. Analyses.<br />

The Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) (number or biomass per min of fishing) was<br />

calcu<strong>la</strong>ted for each species from the numbers and biomasses captured (Laffaille 2000).<br />

N<br />

Where:<br />

⎛ N ⎞ ⎛ N<br />

⎜ i<br />

⎟ + ⎜<br />

⎝ t ⎠ ⎝ t<br />

2<br />

i+<br />

1<br />

⎞<br />

⎟<br />

⎠<br />

i i+<br />

1<br />

i−<br />

i+<br />

1 = × ti−i+<br />

1<br />

CPUE<br />

• CPUE = Number or biomass of fish per species per minute<br />

• ti = Sampling duration in minutes<br />

• ti-i+1 = Time in minutes between samp<strong>les</strong> i and i+1<br />

=<br />

∑ N i+<br />

1 + ∑<br />

∑ ti+<br />

1 + ∑<br />

• Ni = Quantity of fish captured per species (in numbers or biomass) during sampling i.<br />

• N i-i+1 = Estimate of the quantity of fish per species (in numbers or biomass) having<br />

colonised the salt marshes between samplings i and i+1<br />

The temporal variations in the structure of the community were analysed by cluster<br />

analysis (Euclidian distance, Ward's method), the CPUE values were log (x+1) transformed<br />

as recommen<strong>de</strong>d by Field et al. (1982). Species only recor<strong>de</strong>d a single time or in a single<br />

sample were exclu<strong>de</strong>d from the analysis.<br />

An analysis of the size frequency distribution was conducted on the fish popu<strong>la</strong>tions<br />

captured in the salt marshes of the Aiguillon bay. Three size c<strong>la</strong>sses were used: young-of-the-<br />

year (YoY), juveni<strong>les</strong> and adults. A cluster analysis was conducted on the percentages of<br />

these c<strong>la</strong>sses. The values were log (x+1) transformed as recommen<strong>de</strong>d by Field et al. (1982).<br />

4. Results.<br />

4.1. Composition of the fish popu<strong>la</strong>tion of the Aiguillon bay :<br />

A total of 16 302 fish belonging to 22 species were captured during the samplings (20<br />

genera) with a total biomass of more than 115 kg. More than 60% of the species occurred in<br />

both sites. Four different ecological guilds were present (Elie et al. 1990; Laffaille et al.<br />

2000a). Three transient species (amphihaline catadromous) were captured (Eel (Anguil<strong>la</strong><br />

anguil<strong>la</strong> L. 1758), Thinlip mullet (Lira ramada, Risso, 1810) and Floun<strong>de</strong>r (P<strong>la</strong>tichthys<br />

N<br />

t<br />

i<br />

i<br />

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