Fish populations forming transient spawning aggregations: Should spawners always be the targets of spatial protection efforts?

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 480-497

  Grüss, Arnaud ^a,b,c   Robinson, Jan ^d,e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fisheries management; marine reserves; modelling; reef fish spawning aggregations; resource conservation; targeted marine reserves; transient spawning aggregations

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CORAL REEF; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE PARK; PERCIFORM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEX RATIO; SPAWNING;

SEYCHELLES;

ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELUS FUSCOGUTTATUS; SIGANUS SUTOR;

EID: 84922531239     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu139     Document Type: Article

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