Geomorphic characterization of reef fish aggregation sites in the upper Florida keys, USA, using single-beam acoustics

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-455

  Gleason, Arthur C R ^a   Kellison, G Todd ^b   Reid, R Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic seabed classification; Fish spawning aggregations; Outlier reefs; QTC

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FISH; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; REEF; SEAFLOOR; SLOPE; SPAWNING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

LUTJANUS ANALIS; MYCTEROPERCA BONACI;

EID: 80053271565     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.585075     Document Type: Article

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