Ordinary and Extraordinary Movement Behaviour of Small Resident Fish within a Mediterranean Marine Protected Area.
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SUBMITTER: Aspillaga E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4954665 | biostudies-literature | 2016
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Ordinary and Extraordinary Movement Behaviour of Small Resident Fish within a Mediterranean Marine Protected Area.
Aspillaga Eneko E Bartumeus Frederic F Linares Cristina C Starr Richard M RM López-Sanz Àngel À Díaz David D Zabala Mikel M Hereu Bernat B
PloS one 20160720 7
It is important to account for the movement behaviour of fishes when designing effective marine protected areas (MPAs). Fish movements occur across different spatial and temporal scales and understanding the variety of movements is essential to make correct management decisions. This study describes in detail the movement patterns of an economically and commercially important species, Diplodus sargus, within a well-enforced Mediterranean MPA. We monitored horizontal and vertical movements of 41 ...[more]
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