Aggregations and offshore movements as indicators of spawning activity of bonefi{dotless}sh (Albula vulpes) in The Bahamas

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1981-1999

  Danylchuk, Andy J ^a,b   Cooke, Steven J ^b,c   Goldberg, Tony L ^b,d   Suski, Cory D ^b,e   Murchie, Karen J ^b,c   Danylchuk, Sascha E ^b   Shultz, Aaron D ^b,e   Haak, Christopher R ^a,b   Brooks, Edd J ^b,f   Oronti, Annabelle ^b   Koppelman, Jeff B ^b,g   Philipp, David P ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CAPE ELEUTHERA INSTITUTE   (Bahamas)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ARCHIPELAGO; BIOTELEMETRY; COASTAL WATER; COURTSHIP; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; SEASONALITY; SPAWNING; TELEOST; TRACKING;

BAHAMAS;

ALBULA; ALBULA VULPES; ALBULIDAE;

EID: 80052032697     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1707-6     Document Type: Article

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