Small home range in southern Australia's largest resident reef fish, the western blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii): Implications for adequacy of no-take marine protected areas

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 552-563

  Bryars, Simon ^a,f   Rogers, Paul ^b,c   Huveneers, Charlie ^b,c   Payne, Nicholas ^d   Smith, Ian ^e   McDonald, Bryan ^a  

^a Department of Environment and Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Adelaide Zoo   (Australia)

^f Northern Territory Fisheries   (Australia)

Author keywords

barotrauma; diel activity; venting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; DIEL VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; MARINE PARK; MOVEMENT; OVERFISHING; PERCIFORM; RADIOTELEMETRY; VENTING;

AUSTRALIA; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ACHOERODUS GOULDII; LABRIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84862550388     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF12016     Document Type: Article

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