Feeding and breeding: Rainfall effects on connectivity and fidelity of iconic coastal fishes

大型掠食性鱼类对休闲垂钓者来说意义重大，不仅因为它们的战利品地位，而且因为它们不成比例的繁殖力和对未来渔业的贡献。值得注意的是，大型河口鱼类在河口和沿海海洋的分布和运动是未知的，尽管它们对国家经济很重要。我们将从小时到年的尺度确定淡水排放和海洋学对沿海和河口栖息地需求、马洛威鱼、平头鱼和鲷鱼的运动和栖息地范围的作用，并将这些发现扩展到评估气候变化背景下的种群子结构和连通性。

Large predatory fish are of great significance to recreational anglers, not only for their trophy status but also for their disproportional fecundity and contribution to future fishing. Remarkably, the distribution and movements of large estuarine fish in estuaries and the coastal ocean are unknown, despite their importance to the national economy. We will determine the role of freshwater discharge and oceanography on the coastal and estuarine habitat requirements, movements and home ranges of mulloway, flathead and bream from the scale of hours to years, and extend these findings to evaluate population sub-structuring and connectivity in the context of a changing climate.