Studying and monitoring aggregating species

Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: Biology, Research and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 285-329

  Colin, Patrick L ^a  

^a Palau International Coral Reef Centre   (Palau)

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EID: 85013190555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1980-4_9     Document Type: Chapter

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