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Using Ultrasonic Telemetry to Determine Home Range of a Coral-Reef Fish

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Electronic Tagging and Tracking in Marine Fisheries

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Recent advances in telemetry allow the tracking of larger numbers of individuals over longer periods of time to reveal information about home range, spawning distribution, movement patterns, and habitat preference. Identifying and defining specific research objectives and parameters prior to initiating a telemetry study is critical. This paper outlines a series of topics that, when answered systematically, will assist in identifying a telemetry system appropriate to investigate and determine the home range of a coral-reef fish. An investigation of the home range of Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) in the Bahamas is presented as a case study with points considered important to the success of the study. The materials and methods section directly applies elements of the case study. Results include a summary of the twenty two adult (>40 cm TL) Nassau grouper tracked by a radio-linked acoustic positioning buoy system. Mean number of position fixes was 3420 ± 1795 (SE) per fish ranging from 1032–7493. Data were analyzed using the Animal Movement Analysis Extension for Arcview®. Total cumulative home range increased less than 2% daily on tracking days 14–18 and less than 1% daily on tracking days 18–21. The mean home range area as determined by 95% minimum convex polygon (MCP) method for the Nassau grouper was 18305 m2 ± 5806 (SE); the smallest home range was 1565 m2 and the largest was 131805 m2.

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Bolden, S.K. (2001). Using Ultrasonic Telemetry to Determine Home Range of a Coral-Reef Fish. In: Sibert, J.R., Nielsen, J.L. (eds) Electronic Tagging and Tracking in Marine Fisheries. Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1402-0_8

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