Grouper spawning aggregations: Be careful what you measure and how you measure it: A rebuttal of Golbuu and Friedlander (2011)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Colin, Patrick L ^a   Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne ^b   Donaldson, Terry J ^c  

^a Coral Reef Research Foundation ^*  (Palau)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

Author keywords

Conservation; Grouper; Palau; Spawning aggregation; Survey methods; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROTECTED AREA; SAMPLING; SPAWNING POPULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEY METHOD; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; PALAU;

EPINEPHELINAE; PISCES;

EID: 84876313123     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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