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Comparison Of Grouper Assemblages In Northern Areas Of The Wider Caribbean: A Preliminary Assessment, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Robert D. Sluka, Kathleen M. Sullivan-Sealey
Comparison Of Grouper Assemblages In Northern Areas Of The Wider Caribbean: A Preliminary Assessment, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Robert D. Sluka, Kathleen M. Sullivan-Sealey
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Groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) are important top-level predators in wider Caribbean, but have experienced significant exploitation, resulting in declines in abundance, size, spawning aggregations, and changes in species composition. Larger groupers are particularly vulnerable to intense fishing because of their longevity, slow growth, delayed reproduction, and aggregate spawning. Marine fishery reserves (MFR), areas permanently closed to consumptive use, offer a viable means to protect grouper resources. This study reports on fishery-independent surveys of groupers in four regions of the tropical western Atlantic during 1995 - 1997: Florida Keys, central Bahamas, southeastern Cuba, and Dominican Republic. The regions surveyed included two national …
Reef Fish Assemblages And Fisheries In Parque Nacional Del Este, Dominican Republic, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Mark Chiappone, Kathleen M. Sullivan-Sealey, F. X. Geraldes, E. Pugibet, Robert D. Sluka, R. E. Torres, M. Vega, Y. Rodriguez, J. L. Alarcon, Y. Lictensztain, G. Bustamante
Reef Fish Assemblages And Fisheries In Parque Nacional Del Este, Dominican Republic, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Mark Chiappone, Kathleen M. Sullivan-Sealey, F. X. Geraldes, E. Pugibet, Robert D. Sluka, R. E. Torres, M. Vega, Y. Rodriguez, J. L. Alarcon, Y. Lictensztain, G. Bustamante
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Parque National del Este is the second largest protected area in the Dominican Republic, comprising 110 km2 of terrestrial habitats located in the southeastern Dominican Republic. Established in 1975, the park delineation did not include the adjacent marine area, despite its long history of commercial fisheries. Since 1994, several U.S. and Dominican partner organizations have conducted scientific investigations of the marine resources of the area. This paper provides data on the status of snapper and groupers reef assemblages and finfish fisheriescollected during 1995 1997. Methods used in the study included: 1) visual transects (20 m x 5 m) of predatory …
Density, Species, And Size Distribution Of Groupers (Serranidae) In Three Habitats At Elbow Reef, Florida Keys, Robert D. Sluka, Mark Chiappone, Kathleen M. Sullivan-Sealey, Thomas A. Potts, Jose M. Levy, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Geoff Meester
Density, Species, And Size Distribution Of Groupers (Serranidae) In Three Habitats At Elbow Reef, Florida Keys, Robert D. Sluka, Mark Chiappone, Kathleen M. Sullivan-Sealey, Thomas A. Potts, Jose M. Levy, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin, Geoff Meester
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We examined the density, size and species distribution of groupers in three habitats on an inshore-to-offshore transect across Elbow Reef, Florida Keys: high-relief spur-and-groove (4–9 m depth), relict spur-and-groove (10–20 m), and deep fore reef slope (21–30 m). Physical relief was greatest in the high-relief spur-and-groove (up to 3 m), lowest in the relict spur-and-groove habitat (30%). There were significant differences in the density, size, and species distribution of groupers among the three habitats. Graysby, Epinephelus cruentatus, was numerically dominant, constituting 82–91% of individual observed. Black grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci, and Nassau grouper, E. striatus, were more abundant in high to …