Home range estimates for squaretail coralgrouper, Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell 1830)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 511-519

  Hutchinson, N ^a   Rhodes, K L ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epinephelidae; Home range; Marine protected areas; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING POPULATION; CORAL REEF; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; MARINE PARK; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; SPAWNING POPULATION; TELEMETRY;

ANTHOZOA; PLECTROPOMUS AREOLATUS;

EID: 77952240897     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0584-7     Document Type: Article

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