Movement patterns of goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara around southeast Cuba: Implications for conservation

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-247

  Pina Amargos F ^a   Gonzalez Sanson G ^b  

^a Centro de Investigaciones de Ecosistemas Costeros   (Cuba)

^b NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Conservation; Epinephelus itajara; Goliath grouper; Marine protected areas; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; MARINE PARK; MOVEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAGGING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA;

EID: 68149181411     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00192     Document Type: Article

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