Spawning aggregations and reproductive behavior of reef fishes in the Gulf of California

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-121

  Sala, Enric ^a   Aburto Oropeza, Octavio ^b   Paredes, Gustavo ^a   Thompson, Glenn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c Sonoran Sea Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FISHING; REEF; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARANX; CARANX SEXFASCIATUS; EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA; LUTJANUS; LUTJANUS ARGENTIVENTRIS; LUTJANUS NOVEMFASCIATUS; MYCTEROPERCA; MYCTEROPERCA JORDANI; MYCTEROPERCA PRIONURA; MYCTEROPERCA ROSACEA; PARANTHIAS COLONUS; PISCES; ROSACEA; SERIOLA; SERIOLA LALANDI; STEREOLEPIS GIGAS;

EID: 0043069484     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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