A wireless communication system for determining site fidelity of juvenile dusky groupers Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) using coded acoustic transmitters

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 483, Issue , 2002, Pages 249-257

  Lembo, G ^a   Spedicato, M T ^a   Okland F ^b   Carbonara, P ^a   Fleming, I A ^c   McKinley, R S ^d   Thorstad, E B ^b   Sisak, M ^e   Ragonese, S ^f  

^a COISPA Tecnologia and Ricerca ^*  (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Applied Biometrics Incorporated   (Canada)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dusky grouper; Epinephelus marginatus; Home range; Marine reserve; Site fidelity; Telemetry; Two dimensional positioning; Wireless communication system

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; OCEAN HABITATS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SITE FIDELITY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; FISH; HYDROPHONE; JUVENILE; NATURE RESERVE; SITE FIDELITY;

ITALY;

EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS;

EID: 0036767682     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021360419150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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