Spatio-temporal dynamics of a fish spawning aggregation and its fishery in the Gulf of California

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Erisman, Brad ^a   Aburto Oropeza, Octavio ^a   Gonzalez Abraham, Charlotte ^b   Mascareñas Osorio, Ismael ^c   Moreno Báez, Marcia ^a   Hastings, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c Centro Para la Biodiversidad y Conservación   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; FISHERY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FISHERIES; FISHES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84859739783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00284     Document Type: Article

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