Sentences with phrase «grouper spawning aggregation»

The results of the research are published in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology in an article entitled «Larval dispersal from a grouper spawning aggregation and the spatial scale of fisheries replenishment» by Glenn R. Almany, Richard J. Hamilton, Michael Bode, Manuai Matawai, Tapas Potuku, Pablo Saenz - Agudelo, Serge Planes, Michael L. Berumen, Kevin L. Rhodes, Simon R.Thorrold, Garry R. Russ and Geoffrey P. Jones.

Three species of shark, tiger, lemon and Caribbean reef, all use deeper coral reefs in the Virgin Islands, but only lemon shark presence was associated with seasonal grouper spawning aggregations, according to a study published May 4, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Alexandria Pickard from Nova Southeastern University, Florida, Bradley Wetherbee of the University of Rhode Island and colleagues.

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«After spending the last two years tagging Nassau grouper in The Bahamas during their full moon aggregations, we documented the likely extirpation of an important spawning aggregation at High Cay, a small island off the east coast of Andros in The Bahamas, which had most likely existed for decades,» said Dr. Chuck Knapp, vice president of conservation research at Shedd Aquarium.

Some of these sites had dense cover of corals or populations of grouper and snapper, which may indicate spawning aggregations and Essential Fish and Coral Habitat.

Groupers and other fish often spawn together in coral reefs at depths between 30 and 150 meters in the Caribbean, and these aggregations may make them easy pickings for predators.