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Movement patterns of temperate wrasses (Labridae) within a small marine protected area.
- Source :
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Journal of fish biology [J Fish Biol] 2021 Oct; Vol. 99 (4), pp. 1513-1518. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 21. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The movement patterns of three commercially important wrasse (Labridae) species inside a small marine protected area (~ 0.15 km <superscript>2</superscript> ) on the west coast of Norway were analysed over a period of 21 months. The mean distance between capture and recapture locations varied between 10 and 187 m, and was species and season specific. The extent of movement was not related to body size or sex. These results imply that a network of small strategically located marine protected areas can be used as management tools to protect wrasses from size- and sex-selective fishing mortality.<br /> (© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Fish Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Fisheries Society of the British Isles.)
- Subjects :
- Animals
Norway
Perciformes
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1095-8649
- Volume :
- 99
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of fish biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34159592
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14825