Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper
Abstract Site fidelity, space use, and dispersal are commonly estimated with acoustic telemetry (AT) to help inform management and conservation. These behaviors can change with age, habitat and environmental conditions and our ability to accurately estimate them is affected by a study’s inference po...
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| author | Susan K. Lowerre-Barbieri Kara Wall Claudia Friess Sean Keenan Chad Lembke Joseph Tarnecki Laura Jay Williams-Grove William F. Patterson |
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| description | Abstract Site fidelity, space use, and dispersal are commonly estimated with acoustic telemetry (AT) to help inform management and conservation. These behaviors can change with age, habitat and environmental conditions and our ability to accurately estimate them is affected by a study’s inference power (design components that affect how accurately detection data represents a species’ movements). Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) have been extensively studied with AT over a range of time periods and regions, although primarily at artificial reefs (AR). Here, we use large (> 12 km2) acoustic positioning arrays to monitor a study area with low-relief hard bottom, a reef ledge, and an AR. Annual fidelity to the study area was estimated to be 54%, but estimates were affected by fate uncertainty and model choice. Emigration increased with storms and in early summer. Abundance was greatest at small habitat patches but space use did not scale with patch size. Although uncommon, long-distance movements and connectivity between habitats occurred, with a maximum dispersal of 206 km. Previous red snapper AT studies varied greatly in array size, study duration, and number of fish tracked, impacting inference power. This made it difficult to compare results and highlights the need for greater standardization in AT methods. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-515dd41f63fe44da882b0e689bf4aff12025-02-09T12:33:33ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-02-0115112010.1038/s41598-025-86892-1Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapperSusan K. Lowerre-Barbieri0Kara Wall1Claudia Friess2Sean Keenan3Chad Lembke4Joseph Tarnecki5Laura Jay Williams-Grove6William F. Patterson7Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of FloridaFlorida Fish and Wildlife Research InstituteFlorida Fish and Wildlife Research InstituteFlorida Fish and Wildlife Research InstituteCollege of Marine Science, University of South FloridaFisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of FloridaSoutheast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA FisheriesFisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of FloridaAbstract Site fidelity, space use, and dispersal are commonly estimated with acoustic telemetry (AT) to help inform management and conservation. These behaviors can change with age, habitat and environmental conditions and our ability to accurately estimate them is affected by a study’s inference power (design components that affect how accurately detection data represents a species’ movements). Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) have been extensively studied with AT over a range of time periods and regions, although primarily at artificial reefs (AR). Here, we use large (> 12 km2) acoustic positioning arrays to monitor a study area with low-relief hard bottom, a reef ledge, and an AR. Annual fidelity to the study area was estimated to be 54%, but estimates were affected by fate uncertainty and model choice. Emigration increased with storms and in early summer. Abundance was greatest at small habitat patches but space use did not scale with patch size. Although uncommon, long-distance movements and connectivity between habitats occurred, with a maximum dispersal of 206 km. Previous red snapper AT studies varied greatly in array size, study duration, and number of fish tracked, impacting inference power. This made it difficult to compare results and highlights the need for greater standardization in AT methods.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86892-1 |
| spellingShingle | Susan K. Lowerre-Barbieri Kara Wall Claudia Friess Sean Keenan Chad Lembke Joseph Tarnecki Laura Jay Williams-Grove William F. Patterson Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper Scientific Reports |
| title | Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper |
| title_full | Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper |
| title_fullStr | Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper |
| title_full_unstemmed | Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper |
| title_short | Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper |
| title_sort | movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management an example with red snapper |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86892-1 |
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