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Scaling of Activity Space in Marine Organisms across Latitudinal Gradients
The American naturalist, Vol.201(4), pp.501-618
2023
PMID: 36958006
Abstract
Unifying models have shown that the amount of spaceused by animals (e.g., activity space, home range) scales allometricallywith body mass for terrestrial taxa; however, such relationships arefar less clear for marine species. We compiled movement data from1,596 individuals across 79 taxa collected using a continental passiveacoustic telemetry network of acoustic receivers to assess allometric scal-ing of activity space. We found thatectothermic marine taxa do exhibitallometric scaling for activity space, with an overall scaling exponentof 0.64. However, body mass alone explained only 35% of the varia-tion, with the remaining variation best explained by trophic positionfor teleosts and latitude for sharks, rays, and marine reptiles. Taxon-specific allometric relationships highlighted weaker scaling exponentsamong teleostfish species (0.07) than sharks (0.96), rays (0.55), andmarine reptiles (0.57). The allometric scaling relationship and scalingexponents for the marine taxonomic groups examined were lowerthan those reported from studies that had collated both marine andterrestrial species data derived using various tracking methods. Wepropose that these disparities arise because previous work integratedsummarized data across many studies that used differing methods forcollecting and quantifying activity space, introducing considerableuncertainty into slope estimates. Ourfindings highlight the benefitof using large-scale, coordinated animal biotelemetry networks to ad-dress cross-taxa evolutionary and ecological questions.
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- Title
- Scaling of Activity Space in Marine Organisms across Latitudinal Gradients
- Authors/Creators
- Vinay Udyawer - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceCharlie Huveneers - Flinders UniversityFabrice Jaine - Sydney Institute of Marine ScienceRussell C. Babcock - CSIRO Oceans and AtmosphereStephanie Brodie - University of California, Santa CruzMarie-Jeanne Buscot - University of Tasmania [Launceston]Hamish A. Campbell - Charles Darwin UniversityRobert G. Harcourt - Macquarie UniversityXavier Hoenner - CSIRO Oceans and AtmosphereElodie J. I. Lédée - James Cook UniversityColin A. Simpfendorfer - James Cook UniversityMatthew D. Taylor - New South Wales Department of Primary IndustriesAsia Armstrong - The University of QueenslandAdam Barnett - James Cook UniversityCulum Brown - Macquarie UniversityBarry Bruce - CSIRO Oceans and AtmospherePaul A. Butcher - New South Wales Department of Primary IndustriesGwenael Cadiou - New South Wales Department of Primary IndustriesLydie Couturier - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement MarinLeanne Currey-Randall - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceMichael Drew - Flinders UniversityChristine L. Dudgeon - The University of QueenslandRoss G. Dwyer - University of the Sunshine CoastMario Espinoza - Universidad de Costa RicaLuciana C. Ferreira - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceAnthony Fowler - South Australian Research and Development InstituteDavid Harasti - New South Wales Department of Primary IndustriesAlastair R. Harborne - Florida International UniversityNathan A. Knott - New South Wales Department of Primary IndustriesKate Lee - Macquarie UniversityMatt Lloyd - Flinders UniversityMichael Lowry - New South Wales Department of Primary IndustriesTeagan Marzullo - Environmental Earth SciencesJordan Matley - University of WindsorJaime D. Mcallister - University of TasmaniaRory Mcauley - The University of Western AustraliaFrazer Mcgregor - Murdoch UniversityMark Meekan - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceKade Mills - Parks VictoriaBradley M. Norman - Murdoch UniversityBeverly Oh - The University of Western AustraliaNicholas L. Payne - Environmental Earth SciencesVic Peddemors - New South Wales Dept Primary IndToby Piddocke - Southern Cross UniversityRichard D. Pillans - CSIRO Oceans and AtmosphereRichard D. Reina - Monash UniversityPaul Rogers - South Australian Research and Development InstituteJayson M. Semmens - University of TasmaniaAmy Smoothey - New South Wales Department of Primary IndustriesConrad W. Speed - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceDylan van Der Meulen - University of New South Wales [Sydney]Michelle Heupel - Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Publication Details
- The American naturalist, Vol.201(4), pp.501-618
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Identifiers
- 991005634369707891
- Copyright
- © 2023 The University of Chicago.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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