A review of the biology, ecology, behavior and conservation status of the dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834)

MV Condini, JA García-Charton, AM Garcia - Reviews in Fish Biology and …, 2018 - Springer
The dusky grouper is a large-bodied marine species usually associated with rocky
substrates and reefs currently experiencing increasing anthropogenic pressures. Here, we …

Nursery value of Cystoseira forests for Mediterranean rocky reef fishes

A Cheminée, E Sala, J Pastor, P Bodilis… - Journal of experimental …, 2013 - Elsevier
The canopy-forming fucoid Cystoseira spp. provide biogenic structure, food and shelter for
many organisms including fishes on Mediterranean nearshore rocky reefs. Infralittoral …

Effectiveness of European Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs: do they accomplish the expected effects on populations, communities and ecosystems?

JA García-Charton, A Pérez-Ruzafa, C Marcos… - Journal for Nature …, 2008 - Elsevier
The success of MPAs in conserving fishing resources and protecting marine biodiversity
relies strongly on how well they meet their planned (or implicit) management goals. From a …

Predicting species distribution from fishers' local ecological knowledge: a new alternative for data-poor management

PFM Lopes, JT Verba, A Begossi… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Many develo** countries lack information to manage their endangered species, urging the
need for affordable and reliable information. We used Bayesian hierarchical spatial models …

All shallow coastal habitats matter as nurseries for Mediterranean juvenile fish

A Cheminée, L Le Direach, E Rouanet, P Astruch… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Coastal zones are ecosystems of high economic value but exposed to numerous
disturbances, while they represent nurseries for many fish species, raising the issue of the …

Short-term residence, home range size and diel patterns of the painted comber Serranus scriba in a temperate marine reserve

D March, M Palmer, J Alós, A Grau… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2010 - int-res.com
We examined the short-term movements of a small temperate fish, the painted comber
Serranus scriba (Linnaeus 1758), within the marine protected area (MPA) of Palma Bay (NW …

Marine nurseries and effective juvenile habitats

M Sheaves, R Baker, R Johnston - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2006 - JSTOR
2002). Moreover, while some species use particular habitats within an area as 'nurseries', for
others nursery ground value is derived from the whole area (Aiken et al. 2002); in essence …

Response of rocky reef top predators (Serranidae: Epinephelinae) in and around marine protected areas in the Western Mediterranean Sea

CW Hackradt, JA García-Charton, M Harmelin-Vivien… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Groupers species are extremely vulnerable to overfishing and many species are threatened
worldwide. In recent decades, Mediterranean groupers experienced dramatic population …

Ecology and ethnoecology of dusky grouper [garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)] along the coast of Brazil

A Begossi, RAM Silvano - Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 2008 - Springer
Dusky grouper (garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus) is an important catch for several
artisanal small-scale fisheries along the Brazilian coast. It is a sedentary, monandric, and …

Juvenile fish assemblages in temperate rocky reefs are shaped by the presence of macro-algae canopy and its three-dimensional structure

A Cheminée, J Pastor, O Bianchimani, P Thiriet… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Arborescent macro-algae forests covering temperate rocky reefs are a known habitat for
juvenile fishes. However, in the Mediterranean, these forests are undergoing severe …