Sound production as an indicator of red hind density at a spawning aggregation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 462, Issue , 2012, Pages 241-250

  Rowell, Timothy J ^a   Schärer, Michelle T ^a   Appeldoorn, Richard S ^a   Nemeth, Michael I ^a   Mann, David A ^b   Rivera, José A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NOAA National Marine Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrir la Sierra; Behavior; Epinephelus guttatus; Fishery management; Marine protected areas; Passive acoustics; Puerto Rico; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOACOUSTICS; BREEDING SEASON; CENSUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE PARK; MONITORING; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPAWNING POPULATION; UNDERWATER VEHICLE;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84865416686     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09839     Document Type: Article

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