Prediction and verification of possible reef-fish spawning aggregation sites in Los Roques Archipelago National Park, Venezuela

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 822-840

  Boomhower, J ^a   Romero, M ^a   Posada, J ^a   Kobara, S ^b   Heyman, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetric mapping; Traditional knowledge; Visual census

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; REPRODUCTION; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTION; VENEZUELA;

EPINEPHELUS GUTTATUS; EPINEPHELUS STRIATUS; LUTJANUS ANALIS; LUTJANUS APODUS; LUTJANUS CYANOPTERUS; PISCES;

EID: 77956521608     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02704.x     Document Type: Article

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