Banc d'Arguin a Nursery for fish species

In the period from 27-01-2002 until 18-03-2002 126 samples, totalling an area of 6139.58 m2, on different substrates (Zostera, Tidal pool, Sand, Gully Zostera and Gully Cvmodocea) were collected with a Beam trawl in the Baie d'Aouatif, located in the Parc National du Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. This was done to test the hypothesis that the Banc d'Arguin has an ecological function as a nursery for juvenile fish. 347 individuals of 25 different species were caught, 2 of those species belonged to the class of Cephalopoda. Of the twenty-three fish species, those species belonging to the family of Gobiidae and the Sub-family Syngnathinae were the most common species.

2002年1月27日至2002年3月18日期间，研究人员于毛里塔尼亚阿尔金滩国家公园（Parc National du Banc d'Arguin）内的瓦提夫湾（Baie d'Aouatif），采用桁拖网（Beam trawl）在多种不同基质（大叶藻（Zostera）生境、潮池、沙地、沟壑大叶藻区（Gully Zostera）及沟壑丝粉藻区（Gully Cvmodocea））中采集了126份样本，总采样面积达6139.58平方米。本研究旨在验证“阿尔金滩具备作为幼鱼育幼场的生态功能”这一科学假说。本次采样共捕获隶属于25个物种种群的347个个体，其中2个物种隶属于头足纲（Cephalopoda）。在23种鱼类中，隶属于鰕虎鱼科（Gobiidae）与海龙亚科（Syngnathinae）的物种为最常见类群。