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Mass spawning aggregation of the giant bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum
Author(s) -
Roff G.,
Doropoulos C.,
Mereb G.,
Mumby P. J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/jfb.13340
Subject(s) - parrotfish , biology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , ecology
The present study reports a previously undocumented mass spawning aggregation and group spawning phenomena of c. 1200 individual bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum in Palau, Micronesia. Although B. muricatum are protected in Palau, it is further recommended that management strategies should consider establishment of no‐take zones at B. muricatum spawning aggregations and concomitant sleeping grounds elsewhere.