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I'm interested in the mechanisms that connect spatial environmental structure to fine-scale individual movement decisions and how this interaction relates to individual fitness. To meet the often competiting needs of eating, not being eaten, and reproducing, individuals constantly make decisions about which locations in the landscape to occupy. The balance of time spent among habitats will reflect the balance of need, complicated by the habitats' spatial arrangement within the landscape. Currently at the University of Florida, I test theoretical space use predictions using juvenile gag grouper of the northeast Gulf of Mexico.