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. 1 360 000 m2). Mean length of the estuary used by an individual was 1707 m (± S.D. = 1663 m). The fish were highly resident within the estuary, and showed fidelity towards their site of capture.
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1 April 2011
First Assessment of Estuarine Space use and Home Range of Juvenile White Steenbras, Lithognathus lithognathus
R.H. Bennett,
A-R. Childs,
P.D. Cowley,
T.F. Næsje,
E.B. Thorstad,
F. Økland
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African Zoology
Vol. 46 • No. 1
April 2011
Vol. 46 • No. 1
April 2011
acoustic telemetry
Estuarine fish
Great Fish Estuary
South Africa
Sparidae