Assessment of an unprotected red hind {epinephelus guttatus) spawning aggregation on Saba Bank in the Netherlands Antilles

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-118

  Kadison, Elizabeth ^a   Nemeth, Richard S ^a   Blondeau, Jeremiah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PERCIFORM; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; SABA BANK;

EPINEPHELUS GUTTATUS;

EID: 69249144151     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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