Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: Biology, Research and Management

1. Revisiting Spawning Aggregations: Definitions and Challenges
Michael L. Domeier

2. Ecosystem Aspects of Species That Aggregate to Spawn
Richard S. Nemeth

3. Why Spawn in Aggregations?
Philip Patrick Molloy, Isabelle M. Côté, John D. Reynolds

4. Spawning Aggregations in Reef Fishes; Ecological and Evolutionary Processes
John Howard Choat

5. Timing and Location of Aggregation and Spawning in Reef Fishes
Patrick L. Colin

6. Oceanography of the Planktonic Stages of Aggregation Spawning Reef Fishes
William Marion Hamner, John Louis Largier

7. Aggregation Spawning: Biological Aspects of the Early Life History
Patrick L. Colin

8. Fishery and Biological Implications of Fishing Spawning Aggregations, and the Social and Economic Importance of Aggregating Fishes
Yvonne Sadovy Mitcheson, Brad Erisman

9. Studying and Monitoring Aggregating Species
Patrick L. Colin

10. The Role of Local Ecological Knowledge in the Conservation and Management of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations
Richard Hamilton, Yvonne Sadovy Mitcheson, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera

11. Management of Spawning Aggregations
Martin W. Russell, Brian E. Luckhurst, Kenyon C. Lindeman

12. Species Case Studies
Yvonne Sadovy Mitcheson, Patrick L. Colin

13. Conclusion
Yvonne Sadovy Mitcheson, Patrick L. Colin

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Sustainable Development, Oceanography