Fishery-dependent evaluation of a spawning aggregation of tiger grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Matos Caraballo, Daniel ^a   Posada, Juan M ^b   Luckhurst, Brian E ^c  

^a Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c Department of Environmental Protection   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FISH; FISHERY; FISHING EFFORT; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; VIEQUES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; MYCTEROPERCA TIGRIS;

EID: 33748089352     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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