Tropical reef fish spawning aggregations: Defined and reviewed

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 698-726

  Domeier, Michael L ^a   Colin, Patrick L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FISH; REEF; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANIMALIA; LABRIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; PISCES; SCARIDAE; SERRANIDAE; SIGANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031545685     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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