Large and small-scale movement patterns of the West Coast rock lobster, Jasus lalandii

Master Thesis

2001

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Atkinson, Lara Jane
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Branch, George M
Mayfield, Steve
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Biological Sciences
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The primary focus of this thesis was to investigate the movement patterns of the South African West Coast rock lobster, Jasus lalandii, using a diverse range of techniques. These were (1) an examination of long-term data from an ongoing tag-recapture program, (2) observations on rock lobsters in a mesocosm aquarium, (3) surveys that monitored the seasonal fluxes in activities and abundance of rock lobsters in the field, (4) video recordings of movement behaviour in small aquaria and (5) acoustically tracking the movements of four individual rock lobsters.
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Bibliography: leaves 93-100.

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Zoology

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Atkinson, L. 2001. Large and small-scale movement patterns of the West Coast rock lobster, Jasus lalandii. University of Cape Town.

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