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Importance of outer reef slopes for commercially important fishes: implications for designing a marine protected area in the Philippines
| Title: | Importance of outer reef slopes for commercially important fishes: implications for designing a marine protected area in the Philippines |
| Authors: | Honda, Kentaro Browse this author | | Uy, Wilfredo H. Browse this author | | Baslot, Darwin I. Browse this author | | Pantallano, Allyn Duvin S. Browse this author | | Sato, Masaaki Browse this author | | Nakamura, Yohei Browse this author | | Nakaoka, Masahiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Acoustic telemetry | | Coral reef | | Depth use | | Fishing the line | | Conservation | | Lutjanidae | | Lethrinidae | | Siganidae |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2017 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Journal Title: | Fisheries science |
| Volume: | 83 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page: | 523 |
| End Page: | 535 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1007/s12562-017-1082-4 |
| Abstract: | A passive acoustic telemetry survey was conducted to determine occurrence patterns of commercially important fishes on a steep reef slope along a marine protected area (MPA) in the southern Philippines, where the outer reef edge is often set as an offshore MPA boundary. Based on 4-61 days of tracking data from 21 detected individuals of five species (Lutjanus argentimaculatus, Lutjanus monostigma, Lethrinus atkinsoni, Lethrinus obsoletus, and Siganus guttatus; 20.7-69.2 cm fork length) caught near the reef slope of the MPA, S. guttatus occurred most frequently on the reef flat of the MPA, whereas all individuals of the four lutjanid and lethrinid species were primarily (99.4-100%) detected near the reef slope, and nine individuals (56.3% of these four species) of three of these species (not L. obsoletus) most likely used the shallow (ae<currency>10 m) and deep (ae<yen>20 m) layers, and thus, middle layers of the slope. These findings indicate that commercially important lutjanid and lethrinid species predominantly and vertically used the areas near the reef slope, suggesting the importance of fully including reef slopes in MPAs to enhance their effectiveness for the conservation of such fishes. |
| Rights: | The final publication is available at www.springerlink.com via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12562-017-1082-4 |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/71161 |
| Appears in Collections: | 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター (Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 仲岡 雅裕
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