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1 Revisiting Spawning Aggregations:
Defi nitions and Challenges .....................................................................
1
Michael L. Domeier
2 Ecosystem Aspects of Species That Aggregate to Spawn .................... 21
Richard S. Nemeth
3 Why Spawn in Aggregations? ................................................................ 57
Philip Patrick Molloy, Isabelle M. Côté, and John D. Reynolds
4 Spawning Aggregations in Reef Fishes; Ecological
and Evolutionary Processes .................................................................... 85
John Howard Choat
5 Timing and Location of Aggregation and Spawning
in Reef Fishes ........................................................................................... 117
Patrick L. Colin
6 Oceanography of the Planktonic Stages of Aggregation
Spawning Reef Fishes ............................................................................. 159
William Marion Hamner and John Louis Largier
7 Aggregation Spawning: Biological Aspects
of the Early Life History ......................................................................... 191
Patrick L. Colin
8 Fishery and Biological Implications of Fishing
Spawning Aggregations, and the Social and Economic
Importance of Aggregating Fishes......................................................... 225
Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson and Brad Erisman
9 Studying and Monitoring Aggregating Species .................................... 285
Patrick L. Colin
Contents
1 Revisiting Spawning Aggregations:
Defi nitions and Challenges .....................................................................
1
Michael L. Domeier
2 Ecosystem Aspects of Species That Aggregate to Spawn .................... 21
Richard S. Nemeth
3 Why Spawn in Aggregations? ................................................................ 57
Philip Patrick Molloy, Isabelle M. Côté, and John D. Reynolds
4 Spawning Aggregations in Reef Fishes; Ecological
and Evolutionary Processes .................................................................... 85
John Howard Choat
5 Timing and Location of Aggregation and Spawning
in Reef Fishes ........................................................................................... 117
Patrick L. Colin
6 Oceanography of the Planktonic Stages of Aggregation
Spawning Reef Fishes ............................................................................. 159
William Marion Hamner and John Louis Largier
7 Aggregation Spawning: Biological Aspects
of the Early Life History ......................................................................... 191
Patrick L. Colin
8 Fishery and Biological Implications of Fishing
Spawning Aggregations, and the Social and Economic
Importance of Aggregating Fishes......................................................... 225
Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson and Brad Erisman
9 Studying and Monitoring Aggregating Species .................................... 285
Patrick L. Colin
Contents