Spatial ecology and residency patterns of adult great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) in coastal waters of The Bahamas

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2227-2237

  O'Toole, Amanda C ^a   Danylchuk, Andy J ^b   Goldberg, Tony L ^c   Suski, Cory D ^d   Philipp, David P ^d,e   Brooks, Edd ^f   Cooke, Steven J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^f CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCHIPELAGO; ARRAY; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINFISH; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PREDATOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY;

BAHAMAS;

SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA;

EID: 80052955489     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1728-1     Document Type: Article

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