Selected Publications

Aguilar-Pereral, A. 2006. Disappearance of a Nassau grouper spawning aggregation off the southern Mexican Caribbean coast.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 327: 289-296.

Appeldoorn, R. S., and Lindeman, K. C., 2003. A Caribbean-wide survey of marine reserves: spatial coverage and attributes of effetiveness. Gulf and Caribbean Research 14(2): 139-154.

Belize Fisheries Department 2005. Report on the spawning aggregation of multi-species at Caye Glory, Nicholas Caye, Rocky Point and SandBore (Belize). Ministry of Agriculture and Fisherises. 47pp.

Bolden, S. K. 2000. Long-distance movement of a Nassau grouper(Epinephelus striatus) to a spawning aggregation in the central Bahamas. Fish. Bull. 98:642-645.

Burton, M. L., Brennan, K. J., Muñoz, R. C., and Parker, R. O. Jr. 2005. Preliminary evidence of increasec spawning aggregations of mutton snapper (Lujtanus analis) at Riley's Hump two years after establishment of Tortugas South Ecological Reserve. Fisheries Bulletin 103: 404-410.

Claro, R., and Lindeman, K.C. 2003. Spawning aggregation sites of snapper and grouper species (Lutjanidae and Serranidae) on the insular shelf of Cuba. Gulf and Caribbean Research 14(2): 91-106.

Claro, R., Baisre, J. A., Lindeman, K. C., and Garcia-Arteaga, J. P. 2001. Cuban Fisheries: Historical trends and current status. In: Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba (edited by Claro, R., Lindeman, K. C., and Parenti, L. R.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.pp. 194-219.

Claydon, J. 2004. Spawning aggregations of coral reef fishes: characteristics, hypotheses, threats and management. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 42: 265-302.

Colin, P.L. 2010 Aggregation and spawning of the humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus (Pisces: Labridae): general aspects of spawning behaviour. Journal of Fish Biology 76, 987-1007

Erisman, B. E., and Allen, L. G. 2006. Reproductive behaviour of a temperate serranid fish, Paralabrax clathratus (Girard), from Santa Catalina Island, California, U. S. A. Journal of Fish Biology 68: 157-184.

Frisch, A. J., M. I. McCormick and N. W. Pankhurst. 2006. Reproductive periodicity and steroid hormone profiles in the sex-changing coral-reef fish, Plectropomus leopardus. Coral Reefs.

Gobert, B. 2005. Early stages of snapper-grouper exploitation in the Caribbean (Bay Islands, Honduras). Fisheries Research 73(1-2): 159-169.

Graham, R. T., and Castellanos, D. W. 2005. Courtship and spawning behaviors of carangid species in Belize. Fishery Bulletin 103(2): 426-432.

Gulf of California Marine Program. 2009. Preliminary Report on the Gulf Corvina, Cynoscion othonopterus. Gulf of California Marine Program, Center For Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202.

Hamilton, R. J. 2005. Indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) of the aggregating and nocturnal spawning behaviour of the longfin emperor, Lethrinus erythropterus. SPC Traditional Marine Resource Management and Knowledge Information Bulletin 18: 9-17.

Hamilton, R. J., Matawai, M., Potuku, T., Kama, W., Lahui, P., Warku, J., and Smith, A. J. 2005. Applying local knowledge and science to the management of grouper aggregation sites in Melanesia. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 14: 7-9.

Heyman, W. D. 2001. Spawning Aggregations in Belize. A report generated for the workshop, "Towards a sustainable management of Nassau groupers in Belize" pp.5.

Johannes, R. E., Squire, L., Graham, T., Sadovy, Y., and Renguul, H. 1999. Spawning aggregations of groupers (Serranidae) in Palau. The Nature Conservancy Marine Research Series Publication No. 1, pp. 144.

Lindeman, K. C., Pugliese, R., Waugh, G. T., and Ault, J. S. 2000. Developmental patterns within a multispecies reef fishery: management applications for essential fish habitats and protected areas. Bulletin of Marine Science 66(3): 929-956.

Luckhurst, B.E., Hateley, J., and Trott, T. 2006. Estimation of size of spawning aggregations of Red Hind (Epinepehlus guttatus) using a tag-recapture methodology at Bermuda. In: Proceedings of 57th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, pp. 535-542.

Matos-Caraballo, D., Posada, J. M., and Luckhurst, B.E. 2006. Fishery-dependent evaluation of a spawning aggregation of tiger grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Bulletin of Marine Science 79(1): 1-16.

Nanami, A., Okuzawa K., Yamada H., Suzuki N., Aonuma Y. 2010 Reproductive activity in the checkered snapper, Lutjanus decussatus, off Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. Ichthylogcal Research DOI 10.1007/s10228-010-0155-5

Nemeth, R. S., J. Blondeau, S. Herzlieb and E. Kadison. 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of movement and migration at spawning aggregations of red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Environmental Biology of Fishes 78:365-381.

Pears, R. J., Choat, J. H., Mapstone, B. D., and Begg, G.A. 2006. Demography of a large grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, from Australia's Great Barrier Reef: implications for fishery management. Marine Ecology Progress Series 307: 259-272.

Pet, J. S., Mous, P. J., Muljadi, A. H., Sadovy, Y. J., and Squire, L. 2005. Aggregations of Plectropomus areolatus and Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (groupers, Serranidae) in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia: monitoring and implications for management. Environmental Biology of Fishes 74: 209-218.

Phelan, M. J. Sciaemid aggregations in northern Australia: an example of sccessful outcomes through collaborative research. Putting Fishers' Knowledge to Work - Conference Proceedings 100-109.

Rhodes, K. L., Joseph, E., Mathias, D., Malakai, S., Kostka, W., and David, D. 2005. Reef fish spawning aggregation monitoring in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, in response to local management needs. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 14: 20-24.

Rhodes, K. L., and Sadovy, Y. 2002. Temporal and spatial trends in spawning aggregations of camouflage grouper, Epinephelus polyphekadion, in Pohnpei Micronesia. Environmental Biology of Fishes 63: 27-39.

Rudd, M.A. 2001. The Effects of Seafood Import Tariffs on Market Demand for Nassau Grouper in the Turks and Caicos Islands.  Mansholt Graduate School, Wageningen University

Rudd, M. A. 2002. A comment on fishing effort allocation in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Maritimes Region.

Rudd, M. R. 2003. Fisheries Landings and Trade of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Fisheries Centre Research Reports, vol. 11: 6.

Russell, M. 2003. Reducing the impacts of fishing and tourism on fish spawning aggregations in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. In: Proceedings of 54th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, pp. 681-688.

Russell, M. 2001. Spawning aggregations of reef fishes on the Great Barrier Reef: implications for management. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, pp. 37.

Sadovy, Y. 1993. The Nassau Grouper, Endangered or just unlucky?  Reel Encounter.

Sadovy, Y. 2005. Troubled times for trysting trio: Three aggregating groupers in the live reef food-fish trade. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 14: 3-6.

Sadovy, Y., Colin, P., and Domeier, M. 2005. Monitoring and managing spawning aggregations: Methods and challenge. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin 14: 25-29.

Sadovy, Y., and Domeier, M. 2005. Perplexing problems of sexual patterns in the fish genus Paralabrax (Serranidae, Serraninae). Journal of Zoology, London 267:121-133.

Sadovy, Y., and Domeier, M. 2005. Are aggregation-fisheries sustainable? Reef fish fisheries as a case study. Coral Reefs 24: 254-262.

Sala, E., Ballesteros, E., and Starr, R. M. 2001. Rapid decline of Nassau grouper spawning aggregations in Belize: fishery management and conservation needs. Fisheries 26(10): 23-30.

Sala, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Paredes, G., Parra, I., Barrera, J. C., and Dayton, P. K. 2002. A general model for designing networks of marine reserves. Science 298(6): 1991-1993.

Sala, E., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Paredes, G., and Thompson, G. 2003. Spawning aggregations and reproductive behaviour of reef fishes in the Gulf of California. Bulletin of Marine Science 72(1): 103-121.

Sale, P. F., Cowen, R. K., Danilowicz, B. S., Jones, G. P., Kritzer, J. P., Lindeman, K-. C., Planes, S., Polunin, N. V. C., Russ, G. R., Sadovy, Y. J., and Steneck, R. S. (2005). Critical science gaps impede use of no-take fishery reserves. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20(2): 75-80.

Sedbury, G.R., O. Pashuk, D.M. Wyanski, J.A. Stephen and P. Weinbach. 2006. Spawning locations for Atlantic reef fishes off the Southeastern U.S. 57th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute.

Starr, R.M., E. Sala, E. Ballesteros and M. Zabala. 2007. Spatial dynamics of the Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) in a Caribbean atoll. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Tupper, M. and Rudd, M.A. 2002. Species-specific impacts of a small marine reserve on reef fish production and fishing productivity in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Environmental Conservation 29 (4): 484-492.

Whaylen, L., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., Semmens, B. X., Bush, P. G., and Boardman, M. R. 2004. Observations of a Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus, spawning aggregation site in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, including multi-species spawning information. Environmental Biology of Fishes 70: 305-313.