Homing is not for everyone: displaced cardinalfish find a new place to live
Rueger, T., Gardiner, N.M., and Jones, G.P. (2016) Homing is not for everyone: displaced cardinalfish find a new place to live. Journal of Fish Biology, 89 (4). pp. 2182-2188.
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Abstract
It was tested whether the pajama cardinalfish Sphaeramia nematoptera (Apogonidae) could home by displacing individuals up to 250 m within and among isolated reefs. Contrary to expectations, only two of 37 (5·4%) displaced S. nematoptera returned home and another 16 (43·2%) were found to have joined other social groups and did not home after 26 months of observations; while over the same period, 94% of control S. nematoptera remained associated with home corals, demonstrating strong site attachment. Hence, while this species has the potential to return home, being able to do so may not be as critical as previously assumed.
| Item ID: | 45206 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1095-8649 |
| Keywords: | Apogonidae, site attachment, Sphaeramia |
| Funders: | James Cook University (JCU), Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence (ARC) |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2016 01:52 |
| FoR Codes: | 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 100% |
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