Absolute Abundance Estimates of Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) on Spawning Aggregation Sites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tagged Fish | Resighted Tagged Fish | Total Tagged and Untagged Fish | Population Size | ||||
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Study Site | Date | n | Date | n | n | Estimate N | 95% C.I |
3-HOLES | 9/6/2013 | 13 | 9/7/2013 | 11 | 49 | 54 | 36–110 |
8/23/2022 | 9 | 8/24/2022 | 24 | 43 | 16 | 13–23 | |
8/26/2022 | 11 | 37 | 29 | 19–57 | |||
ESSO BONAIRE | 9/6/2013 | 12 | 9/7/2013 | 17 | 109 | 73 | 50–128 |
8/24/2022 | 3 | 8/25/2022 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3–10 | |
8/26/2022 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 5–21 | |||
ZION TRAIN | 9/6/2013 | 12 | 9/7/2013 | 11 | 67 | 70 | 45–146 |
8/23/2022 | 13 | 8/24/2022 | 27 | 82 | 39 | 29–57 | |
8/25/2022 | 24 | 139 | 73 | 53–114 | |||
8/26/2022 | 27 | 167 | 78 | 57–119 | |||
ZION TRAIN COMPLEX | 9/6/2013 | 24 | 9/7/2013 | 28 | 176 | 147 | 109–221 |
8/23–24/2022 | 16 | 8/26/2022 | 34 | 188 | 70 | 53–106 | |
MG111 | 9/6/2013 | 42 | 9/7/2013 | 46 | 192 | 173 | 137–254 |
8/23/2022 | 6 | 8/24/2022 | 19 | 98 | 30 | 21–50 | |
8/23–24/2022 | 15 | 8/25/2022 | 17 | 57 | 48 | 35–81 | |
8/25/2022 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 26–69 | |||
8/26/2022 | 33 | 157 | 70 | 53–101 | |||
SUN TUG | 9/6/2013 | 8 | 9/7/2013 | 19 | 57 | 23 | 17–37 |
8/24/2022 | 1 | 8/25/2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
208 WRECK | 9/6/2013 | 17 | 9/7/2013 | 37 | 47 | 23 | 20–30 |
8/24/2022 | 1 | 8/25/2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Locascio, J.V.; Koenig, C.C.; Malinowski, C.R. Absolute Abundance Estimates of Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) on Spawning Aggregation Sites. Fishes 2023, 8, 394. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080394
Locascio JV, Koenig CC, Malinowski CR. Absolute Abundance Estimates of Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) on Spawning Aggregation Sites. Fishes. 2023; 8(8):394. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080394
Chicago/Turabian StyleLocascio, James V., Christopher C. Koenig, and Christopher R. Malinowski. 2023. "Absolute Abundance Estimates of Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) on Spawning Aggregation Sites" Fishes 8, no. 8: 394. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8080394