Many marine species have a multi-phase ontogeny, with each phase usually associated
with a spatially and temporally discrete set of movements. For many fish and decapod …

Overfishing has caused dramatic changes in structures of exploited populations as well as
ecosystems. In this article, we focus on fishing effects on age (size) and spatial structures of …

Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new
edition includes provocative reviews covering the major areas of reef fish ecology. Concerns …

Abstract The Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) and other reef fishes aggregate in large
numbers at specific locations and times to spawn. In Belize, as in the rest of the Caribbean …

Reef fish spawning aggregations, ranging from small groups to many tens of thousands of
individuals, are spectacular but poorly known natural phenomena whereby fish assemble at …

Movement of coral reef fishes across marine reserve boundaries subsequent to their initial
settlement from the plankton will affect the ability of no-take reserves to conserve stocks and …

Twenty-one spawning aggregation sites on the Cuban shelf were identified for eight species
of snappers (Lutjanus) and groupers (Epinephelus and Mycteroperca) using information …

Coral-algal phase shifts in which coral cover declines to low levels and is replaced by algae
have often been documented on coral reefs worldwide. This has motivated coral reef …

Many species of groupers form spawning aggregations, dramatic events where 100s to
1000s of individuals gather annually at specific locations for reproduction. Spawning …

Reproductive activities of many fish species are, to some extent, entrained to cues from the
moon. During the spawning season, synchronous spawning is repeated at intervals of c. 1 …