Geomorphology of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations in Belize and the Cayman Islands (caribbean)

Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 387-396

  Heyman, William D ^a   Kobara, Shinichi ^a  

^a Citrus Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Caribbean; Cayman Islands; Conservation; Coral reef; Grouper; Snapper; Spawning aggregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884438350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385140-6.00026-8     Document Type: Chapter

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