Mass spawning aggregation of the giant bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum |
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| Authors: | G. Roff C. Doropoulos G. Mereb P. J. Mumby |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Marine Spatial Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia;2. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Dutton Park, QLD, Australia;3. Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | aggregation Bolbometopon Micronesia Palau parrotfish spawning |
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