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Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
methods in ecology and evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.425
H-Index - 105
ISSN - 2041-210X
DOI - 10.1111/2041-210x.13227
Subject(s) - gadus , cover (algebra) , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , fjord , citation , range (aeronautics) , computer science , geography , ecology , information retrieval , world wide web , biology , oceanography , geology , engineering , mechanical engineering , aerospace engineering
This month’s cover portraits an Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ) navigating over the seabed in the Tvedestrand fjord, southern Norway. The fish was part of a study by Villegas Ríos et al. which developed a new method to determine individual fate in wild fish from the patterns of movements and detections obtained from acoustic telemetry data. The method is able to detect when a fish is harvested by fishers or predated by other animals, but it also identifies fish moving outside the study area (i.e. dispersing), natural mortality patterns and individuals that survive throughout the study period. By providing information at the individual‐level and directly from the wild, the method provides a valuable means of expanding the range of questions that can be answered from aquatic acoustic telemetry data. Image credit: ©Øystein Paulsen