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Description:
Author(s):
Paz, Guillermo.
Title:
Spawning of black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci, Serranidae) in Belize [electronic resource] / Guillermo Paz, George R. Sedberry.
Imprint:
[San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize : Greenreef Belize?, 2007?]
Physical Description:
Electronic text document (24 p.) : PDF file, ill., map ; 992 KB.
General Note:
Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 30, 2009).
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, International Coral Grants Program. Project ID: 1395-05. Principal Investigator: Eileen Alicea.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Internet browser; Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Abstract:
"Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) is a protogynous serranid that spawns in late winter (peak in February-March). In Belize, black grouper form many small aggregations as spawning approaches. Spawning occurs in pairs that rush upward in the water column at dusk, spawn, and then rejoin the aggregation. During spawning, male exhibit a white-head phase, and spawn with dark-phase females. Blotched and light phases are also exhibited at all times of the year. Spawning occurs from the full moon to a few days after the new moon, and occurs along a variety of reef formations, including elbows, promontories and linear shelf-edge reef. The behavior of black grouper has made it less vulnerable to fisheries in Belize, but it has been overfished in other parts of its range, and additional protection of spawners and habitats of juveniles is needed"--Abstract.
Local Note:
SILVER SPRING: Print-out of online document also available.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-19).
Topical Term:
Groupers Belize Growth.
Groupers Spawning Belize.
Groupers Reproduction Behavior Belize.
Mycteroperca Spawning Belize.
Epinephelus Spawning Belize.
Personal Name:
Sedberry, George R., 1950-
Alicea, Eileen.
Corporate Name:
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Access Information:
| Library | Location | Call Number | Type | Copies |
| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | STACKS | QL638.S48 P39 2007 | BOOK | 1
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