Territoriality, reproductive behavior, and parental care in gray triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, from the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-209

  Simmons, Carrie M ^a   Szedlmayer, Stephen T ^b  

^a Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; CHARCOAL; COLOR MORPH; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISH; HAREM; MALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; TERRITORIALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BALISTES CAPRISCUS; PISCES;

EID: 84861449984     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1012     Document Type: Article

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