Passive acoustic telemetry reveals highly variable home range and movement patterns among unicornfish within a marine reserve

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 631-642

  Marshell, A ^a,b   Mills, J S ^b   Rhodes, K L ^c   McIlwain, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthuridae; Acoustic telemetry; Guam; Home range; Marine reserves; Movement patterns

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGERY; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; EMIGRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOITATION; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MARINE PARK; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; REEF; SLOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TELEMETRY;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; NASO; NASO LITURATUS; NASO UNICORNIS;

EID: 80955178857     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0770-2     Document Type: Article

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