First assessment of estuarine space use and home range of juvenile white steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus

Bennett, Rhett H; Childs, Amber-Robyn; Cowley, Paul D; Næsje, T F; Thorstad, Eva B; Økland, F

Title: First assessment of estuarine space use and home range of juvenile white steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus
Creator: Bennett, Rhett H
Creator: Childs, Amber-Robyn
Creator: Cowley, Paul D
Creator: Næsje, T F
Creator: Thorstad, Eva B
Creator: Økland, F
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2011
Date: 2011
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447517
Identifier: vital:74653
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2011.11407476
Description: The spatial dynamics and home range sizes of early juvenile white steenbras (Lithognathus lithognathus Cuvier, 1829) in the permanently open Great Fish Estuary, South Africa, were assessed using acoustic telemetry. Seven individuals (154–184 mm fork length) tagged with acoustic transmitters spent the majority of their time in the mesohaline to oligohaline regions of the estuary, between five and seven kilometres from the mouth. Mean home range size was small (97 399 ± 22 557 m2, mean ± S.D.) relative to the size of the estuary (approx. 1 360 000m2). Mean length of the estuary used by an individual was 1707m(±S.D.=1663 m). The fish were highly resident within the estuary, and showed fidelity towards their site of capture.
Format: 7 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Zoology
Relation: Bennett, R.H., Childs, A.R., Cowley, P.D., Næsje, T.F., Thorstad, E.B. and Økland, F., 2011. First assessment of estuarine space use and home range of juvenile white steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus. African Zoology, 46(1), pp.32-38
Relation: African Zoology volume 46 number 1 32 38 2011 2224-073X
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