The Race for Space: Using Acoustic Telemetry to Understand Density-Dependent Emigration and Habitat Selection in a Released Predatory Fish

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 276-285

  Taylor, Matthew D ^a,b   Fairfax, Andrew V ^b,c   Suthers, Iain M ^b,c  

^a Port Stephens Fisheries Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

density dependence; density dependent habitat selection; foraging behavior; habitat quality; habitat selection; movement; space utilization; stock enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887899407     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2013.796813     Document Type: Article

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