Groupers on the edge: Shelf edge spawning habitat in and around marine reserves of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-474

  Coleman, Felicia C ^a   Scanlon, Kathryn M ^b   Koenig, Christopher C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic maps; Gag; Red grouper; Reef fish; Scamp; Spatial management; Spawning aggregations; Spawning behavior

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; MARINE PARK; PRODUCTIVITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHELF BREAK; SPAWNING GROUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EPINEPHELUS MORIO; LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS; MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS; MYCTEROPERCA PHENAX;

EID: 80053338546     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.585076     Document Type: Article

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