Spawning patterns in the leopard grouper, Mycteroperca rosacea, in comparison with other aggregating groupers

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1849-1861

  Erisman, Brad E ^a   Buckhorn, Michele L ^b   Hastings, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; HARVESTING; PERCIFORM; SPAWNING; VULNERABILITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FELIDAE; MYCTEROPERCA; MYCTEROPERCA ROSACEA;

EID: 34249096851     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0623-2     Document Type: Article

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