Reproductive movement, residency and fisheries vulnerability of brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 443-453

  Rhodes, K L ^a   McIlwain, J ^b   Joseph, E ^c   Nemeth, R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c Conservation Society of Pohnpei ^*  (United States)

^d Center for Marine and Environmental Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Epinephelidae; Marine protected areas; Micronesia; Reproductive migratory corridors; Spawning aggregations

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MARINE PARK; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEASONALITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPAWNING POPULATION; TAGGING; TELEMETRY; VULNERABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; POHNPEI [(STT) FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA];

EPINEPHELUS FUSCOGUTTATUS;

EID: 84860365276     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0875-2     Document Type: Article

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