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Interannual fine‐scale site fidelity of male ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta revealed by photo‐identification and tagging
Author(s) -
Mucientes Gonzalo,
Irisarri José,
VillegasRíos David
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/jfb.14111
Subject(s) - wrasse , biology , fidelity , identification (biology) , scale (ratio) , fishery , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , cartography , geography , electrical engineering , engineering
The site fidelity of ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta was studied using photo‐identification and external tagging. Five male individuals were observed to defend the same small territory composed of a few rocks during several reproductive seasons spanning 2 to 15 years. These results provide one of the strongest indications of long‐term very fine‐scale site fidelity in marine fishes.