Periodicity of spawning aggregations of coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae) on the northern Great Barrier Reef

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 149-159

  Samoilys, Melita A ^a,b  

^a Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Serranids; Spawning aggregations

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; PERIODICITY; REEF FISH; SPAWNING BEHAVIOUR;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS;

EID: 0031573988     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps160149     Document Type: Article

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