Temporal dynamics, residency and site fidelity of spawning aggregations of a herbivorous tropical reef fish Siganus sutor

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 475, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-247

  Bijoux, Jude P ^a   Dagorn, Laurent ^a   Berke, Gregory ^b   Cowley, Paul D ^c   Soria, Marc ^a   Gaertner, Jean Claude ^d   Robinson, Jan ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d University of French Polynesia   (French Polynesia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Fish spawning aggregation; Residency time; Seychelles; Siganus sutor; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING SEASON; HERBIVORE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; RESIDENCE TIME; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

SEYCHELLES;

EID: 84874049398     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10113     Document Type: Article

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