Why spawn in aggregations?

Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: Biology, Research and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 57-83

  Molloy, Philip Patrick ^a,b   Côté, Isabelle M ^b   Reynolds, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1980-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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