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Elwandle Node, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), ... The residency and small-scale movements of early juveniles (
Residency and small-scale movement behaviour of three endemic sparid fishes in their shallow rocky subtidal nursery habitat, South Africa Peter A. Watt-Pringle1, Paul D. Cowley2 & Albrecht Götz3,4* 1

Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa 2 South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa 3 Elwandle Node, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa 4 Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031 South Africa Received 11 October 2012. Accepted 3 February 2013

The residency and small-scale movements of early juveniles (1.5 m) and shallow (