157
5 Timing and Location of Aggregation and Spawning in Reef Fishes
Kadison E, Nemeth RS, Blondeau JE (2009) Assessment of an unprotected red hind ( Epinephelus
guttatus ) spawning aggregation on the Saba Bank in the Netherland Antilles. Bull Mar Sci
85(1):101–118
Kobara S, Heyman WD (2008) Geomorphometric patterns of Nassau grouper ( Epinephelus striatus )
spawning aggregation sites in the Cayman Islands. Mar Geod 31:231–245
Leggett WC, Dublois E (1994) Recruitment in marine fi shes: is it regulated by starvation and
predation in the egg and larval stages? Neth J Sea Res 32:119–134
Lobel PS, Robinson AR (1986) Transport and entrapment of fi sh larvae by ocean mesoscale eddies
and currents in Hawaiian waters. Deep Sea Res 33(4):483–500
Luckhurst BE (1998) Site fi delity and return migration of tagged red hinds ( Epinephelus guttatus )
to a spawning aggregation site in Bermuda. Proc Gulf Caribb Fish Inst 50:750–763
Mazeroll AI, Montgomery WL (1998) Daily migrations of a coral reef fi sh in the Red Sea (Gulf of
Aqaba, Israel): initiation and orientation. Copeia 1998:893–905
Mora C, Sale PF (2002) Are populations of coral reef fi sh open or closed? Trends Ecol Evol
17:422–428
Moyer JT (1989) Reef channels as spawning sites for fi shes on the Shirahao Coral Reef Ishigaki
Island, Japan. Jpn J Ichthyol 36:371–375
Myrberg AA, Montgomery WL, Fishelson L (1988) The reproductive behavior of Acanthurus
nigrofuscus (Forskal) and other surgeonfi shes (Fam. Acanthuridae) off Eilat, Israel (Gulf of
Aqaba, Red Sea). Ethology 79:31–61
Nemeth RS (2009) Dynamics of reef fi sh and decapod crustacean spawning aggregations: underlying
mechanisms, habitat linkages and trophic interactions. In: Nagelkerken I (ed) Ecological interactions among tropical coastal ecosystems. Springer, Berlin
Nemeth RS, Blondeau J, Herzlieb S, Kadison E (2007) Spatial and temporal patterns of movement
and migration at spawning aggregations of red hind, Epinephelus guttatus , in the U.S.Virgin
Islands. Environ Biol Fish 78:365–381
Nemeth RS, Kadison E, Blondeau JE, Idrisi N, Watlington R, Brown K, Smith T, Carr O (2008)
Regional coupling of red hind spawning aggregations to oceanographic processes in the eastern
Caribbean. In: Grober-Dunsmore R, Keller BD (eds) Caribbean connectivity: implications for
marine protected area management, Marine Sanctuary Conservation Series ONMS-08-07.
NOAA, Silver Spring
Olsen DA, LaPlace JA (1979) A study of Virgin Islands grouper fi shery based on a breeding aggregation. Proc Gulf Caribb Fish Inst 31:130–144
Paulay G (1990) Effects of late Cenozoic sea-level fl uctuations on the bivalve faunas of tropical
oceanic islands. Paleobiology 16(4):415–434
Paz GE, Truly E (2007) The Nassau Grouper spawning aggregation at Caye Glory, Belize: a brief
history. Report to the Nature Conservancy, Arlington
Randall JE, Randall HA (1963) The spawning and early development of the Atlantic parrot fi sh,
Sparisoma rubripinne , with notes on other scarid and labrid fi shes. Zoologica 48:49–60
Rhodes KL (2003) SCRFA spawning aggregation survey: federated States of Micronesia. Western
Pacifi c fi sher survey series, vol 2. Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations
Rhodes KL, Sadovy Y (2002) Temporal and spatial trends in spawning aggregations of camoufl age
grouper, Epinephelus polyphekadion , in Pohnpei, Micronesia. Environ Biol Fish 63:27–39
Rissik D, Suthers IM, Taggart CT (1997) Enhanced zooplankton abundance in the lee of an isolated reef in the south Coral Sea: the role of fl ow disturbance. J Plankton Res 19(9):1347–1368
Robertson DR (1983) On the spawning behavior and spawning cycles of eight surgeonfi shes
(Acanthuridae) from the Indo-Pacifi c. Environ Biol Fish 9:192–223
Rombought PJ (2007) The effects of temperature on embryonic development and larval development. In: Wood C, McDonald M (eds) Global warming: implications for freshwater and marine
fi shes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Rothenberger P et al (2008) The state of coral reef ecosystems of the US Virgin Islands. In: Waddell
JE, Clarke AM (eds) The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacifi c freely
associated states, 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 73, Silver Spring
5 Timing and Location of Aggregation and Spawning in Reef Fishes
Kadison E, Nemeth RS, Blondeau JE (2009) Assessment of an unprotected red hind ( Epinephelus
guttatus ) spawning aggregation on the Saba Bank in the Netherland Antilles. Bull Mar Sci
85(1):101–118
Kobara S, Heyman WD (2008) Geomorphometric patterns of Nassau grouper ( Epinephelus striatus )
spawning aggregation sites in the Cayman Islands. Mar Geod 31:231–245
Leggett WC, Dublois E (1994) Recruitment in marine fi shes: is it regulated by starvation and
predation in the egg and larval stages? Neth J Sea Res 32:119–134
Lobel PS, Robinson AR (1986) Transport and entrapment of fi sh larvae by ocean mesoscale eddies
and currents in Hawaiian waters. Deep Sea Res 33(4):483–500
Luckhurst BE (1998) Site fi delity and return migration of tagged red hinds ( Epinephelus guttatus )
to a spawning aggregation site in Bermuda. Proc Gulf Caribb Fish Inst 50:750–763
Mazeroll AI, Montgomery WL (1998) Daily migrations of a coral reef fi sh in the Red Sea (Gulf of
Aqaba, Israel): initiation and orientation. Copeia 1998:893–905
Mora C, Sale PF (2002) Are populations of coral reef fi sh open or closed? Trends Ecol Evol
17:422–428
Moyer JT (1989) Reef channels as spawning sites for fi shes on the Shirahao Coral Reef Ishigaki
Island, Japan. Jpn J Ichthyol 36:371–375
Myrberg AA, Montgomery WL, Fishelson L (1988) The reproductive behavior of Acanthurus
nigrofuscus (Forskal) and other surgeonfi shes (Fam. Acanthuridae) off Eilat, Israel (Gulf of
Aqaba, Red Sea). Ethology 79:31–61
Nemeth RS (2009) Dynamics of reef fi sh and decapod crustacean spawning aggregations: underlying
mechanisms, habitat linkages and trophic interactions. In: Nagelkerken I (ed) Ecological interactions among tropical coastal ecosystems. Springer, Berlin
Nemeth RS, Blondeau J, Herzlieb S, Kadison E (2007) Spatial and temporal patterns of movement
and migration at spawning aggregations of red hind, Epinephelus guttatus , in the U.S.Virgin
Islands. Environ Biol Fish 78:365–381
Nemeth RS, Kadison E, Blondeau JE, Idrisi N, Watlington R, Brown K, Smith T, Carr O (2008)
Regional coupling of red hind spawning aggregations to oceanographic processes in the eastern
Caribbean. In: Grober-Dunsmore R, Keller BD (eds) Caribbean connectivity: implications for
marine protected area management, Marine Sanctuary Conservation Series ONMS-08-07.
NOAA, Silver Spring
Olsen DA, LaPlace JA (1979) A study of Virgin Islands grouper fi shery based on a breeding aggregation. Proc Gulf Caribb Fish Inst 31:130–144
Paulay G (1990) Effects of late Cenozoic sea-level fl uctuations on the bivalve faunas of tropical
oceanic islands. Paleobiology 16(4):415–434
Paz GE, Truly E (2007) The Nassau Grouper spawning aggregation at Caye Glory, Belize: a brief
history. Report to the Nature Conservancy, Arlington
Randall JE, Randall HA (1963) The spawning and early development of the Atlantic parrot fi sh,
Sparisoma rubripinne , with notes on other scarid and labrid fi shes. Zoologica 48:49–60
Rhodes KL (2003) SCRFA spawning aggregation survey: federated States of Micronesia. Western
Pacifi c fi sher survey series, vol 2. Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations
Rhodes KL, Sadovy Y (2002) Temporal and spatial trends in spawning aggregations of camoufl age
grouper, Epinephelus polyphekadion , in Pohnpei, Micronesia. Environ Biol Fish 63:27–39
Rissik D, Suthers IM, Taggart CT (1997) Enhanced zooplankton abundance in the lee of an isolated reef in the south Coral Sea: the role of fl ow disturbance. J Plankton Res 19(9):1347–1368
Robertson DR (1983) On the spawning behavior and spawning cycles of eight surgeonfi shes
(Acanthuridae) from the Indo-Pacifi c. Environ Biol Fish 9:192–223
Rombought PJ (2007) The effects of temperature on embryonic development and larval development. In: Wood C, McDonald M (eds) Global warming: implications for freshwater and marine
fi shes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Rothenberger P et al (2008) The state of coral reef ecosystems of the US Virgin Islands. In: Waddell
JE, Clarke AM (eds) The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacifi c freely
associated states, 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 73, Silver Spring