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Linkages between availability of healthy coastal habitats and sustainability of fish populations has been an important driver of marine ecosystem conservation and restoration efforts. Yet, identifying what exactly constitutes critical habitat remains challenging. Key to identifying the value and fun...
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ftdatacite:10.17615/94zx-8071 2024-03-31T07:55:09+00:00 THE MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF LARGE, MOBILE FISHES IN NORTH CAROLINA ESTUARIES ... Kenworthy, Matthew Dylan 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.17615/94zx-8071 https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/dissertations/x633f514p en eng The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries Text thesis Dissertation Thesis 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17615/94zx-8071 2024-03-04T11:37:53Z Linkages between availability of healthy coastal habitats and sustainability of fish populations has been an important driver of marine ecosystem conservation and restoration efforts. Yet, identifying what exactly constitutes critical habitat remains challenging. Key to identifying the value and function of estuarine habitats in supporting fish production is quantifying spatiotemporal use of target habitats by fishes. However, this is complicated by the fact that fish move over multiple spatiotemporal scales. I explored the movement ecology and habitat selectivity of recreationally important fishes in multiple North Carolina estuaries addressing three major questions: 1) Does the movement behavior of a large predatory fish (red drum) enhance landscape-level connectivity among estuarine saltmarsh complexes? 2) Does a large predatory fish (red drum) express fine-scale habitat selectivity within a saltmarsh complex that can be used to infer critical habitats in estuarine seascapes? And 3) Does the size, nature ... Thesis Red drum DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Linkages between availability of healthy coastal habitats and sustainability of fish populations has been an important driver of marine ecosystem conservation and restoration efforts. Yet, identifying what exactly constitutes critical habitat remains challenging. Key to identifying the value and function of estuarine habitats in supporting fish production is quantifying spatiotemporal use of target habitats by fishes. However, this is complicated by the fact that fish move over multiple spatiotemporal scales. I explored the movement ecology and habitat selectivity of recreationally important fishes in multiple North Carolina estuaries addressing three major questions: 1) Does the movement behavior of a large predatory fish (red drum) enhance landscape-level connectivity among estuarine saltmarsh complexes? 2) Does a large predatory fish (red drum) express fine-scale habitat selectivity within a saltmarsh complex that can be used to infer critical habitats in estuarine seascapes? And 3) Does the size, nature ... |
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THE MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF LARGE, MOBILE FISHES IN NORTH CAROLINA ESTUARIES ... |
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THE MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF LARGE, MOBILE FISHES IN NORTH CAROLINA ESTUARIES ... |
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THE MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF LARGE, MOBILE FISHES IN NORTH CAROLINA ESTUARIES ... |
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THE MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF LARGE, MOBILE FISHES IN NORTH CAROLINA ESTUARIES ... |
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movement ecology of large, mobile fishes in north carolina estuaries ... |
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries |
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