Research Article

Modeling Coral Reef Fish Home Range Movements in Dry Tortugas, Florida

Table 3

Empirical movement and home range (MCP: minimum convex polygon; KDE: kernel density estimate; km2) estimates from acoustically tracked red grouper (RG), black grouper (BG), and mutton snapper (MS) in Dry Tortugas, Florida.

SpeciesIDTotal length (cm)Peripheral effectDays trackedAsymptoteHome range (km2)Detections% totalMoves% total
MCP95% KD

RG3664Moderate18No8.1612.212,1980.1%3001.8%
RG3747Low179Yes0.470.1064,6723.1%850.5%
RG4147Low179Yes0.440.0975,7323.6%610.4%
RG4248Low179Yes0.930.0721,8231.1%4842.9%
RG4748Moderate11No12.317.161,5340.1%570.3%
RG5166Low157Yes1.950.1712,3290.6%11496.8%
RG17061High93NoLinearLinear7050.0%110.1%
RG17160High98Yes0.644.892,3590.1%230.1%
RG17249High3No5.147.394710.0%290.2%
RG17349Moderate92Yes1.284.446110.0%1160.7%
RG17553Moderate96NoLinearLinear5,1900.3%80.0%
RG17655High93Yes0.643.214,5120.2%320.2%
RG17750High89NoLinearLinear3730.0%60.0%
RG17865High90NoLinearLinear2,5910.1%1931.1%
RG17957Moderate23Maybe7.3919.902440.0%360.2%
RG18055Moderate40Maybe3.1912.173800.0%930.6%
RG18149High13Maybe1.974.078830.0%380.2%
RG18348High98Yes3.220.018,4910.4%13257.9%
RG18455Low43Yes1.911.064,9150.2%8485.0%
RG18555Low43Yes1.90.668,8950.4%1711.0%
RG18651Moderate91Yes3.490.5512,3270.6%12597.5%
RG18750Low92Yes1.891.314,8060.2%9655.7%
RG19062High101YesLinearLinear55,0932.7%250.1%
RG19151High93Yes0.630.8536,3291.8%380.2%
RG19454High94Maybe1.550.8812,9280.6%1060.6%
RG86254Very high86Maybe0.921.0073,7283.6%260.2%
RG86351High95Yes0.315.326,7280.3%70.0%
RG86455High92NoLinearLinear44,8902.2%8925.3%
RG86556High33Yes1.280.3914,6160.7%10276.1%
RG86653High66NoLinearLinear4240.0%730.4%
RG86755High89Yes0.490.1242,0582.0%268716.0%
RG86849High88NoLinearLinear24,5331.2%4892.9%
RG86960High87NoLinearLinear21,7031.0%297817.7%
RG87045High25Yes2.22.252,5280.1%3542.1%
RG87157High76NoLinearLinear4000.0%1030.6%
RG87253High79Yes0.490.1970,3163.4%770.5%
RG87348Low280Yes6.440.01199,9339.6%50.0%
RG87460Low278Yes1.40.12313,24015.0%1731.0%
RG87552Low280Yes1.680.69205,4429.9%290.2%
RG87757Low280Yes0.830.33124,1046.0%930.6%
RG87848Moderate44Yes5.762.9621,1441.0%2011.2%
RG88049Low269Yes2.594.3835,4371.7%140.1%
RG88150Low280Yes9.171.64261,02512.6%270.2%
RG88453Low280Yes1.680.25272,79813.1%1080.6%

BG4375Low179Yes2.480.1272,64486.4%41093.8%
BG17450High91Yes0.390.3511,46613.6%276.2%

MS5043High4No0.190.231830.8%393.1%
MS5370Moderate168Yes7.640.5821,82599.2%122896.9%

Note: KDE bandwidths (x, y, and xy covariance) available upon request.