Reproductive behaviour and concurrent sound production of Gulf grouperMycteroperca jordani(Epinephelidae) at a spawning aggregation site

2019 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Rowell ◽  
Octavio Aburto-Oropeza ◽  
Juan J. Cota-Nieto ◽  
Mark A. Steele ◽  
Brad E. Erisman
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Spawning Aggregation ◽  
Aggregation Site

scholarly journals A sound worth saving: acoustic characteristics of a massive fish spawning aggregation

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 20170656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad E. Erisman ◽  
Timothy J. Rowell
Keyword(s):  
Marine Fish ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Spawning Aggregation ◽  
Marine Animals ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Fish Spawning ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Fish Spawning Aggregation ◽  
Regional Conservation

Group choruses of marine animals can produce extraordinarily loud sounds that markedly elevate levels of the ambient soundscape. We investigated sound production in the Gulf corvina ( Cynoscion othonopterus ), a soniferous marine fish with a unique reproductive behaviour threatened by overfishing, to compare with sounds produced by other marine animals. We coupled echosounder and hydrophone surveys to estimate the magnitude of the aggregation and sounds produced during spawning. We characterized individual calls and documented changes in the soundscape generated by the presence of as many as 1.5 million corvina within a spawning aggregation spanning distances up to 27 km. We show that calls by male corvina represent the loudest sounds recorded in a marine fish, and the spatio-temporal magnitude of their collective choruses are among the loudest animal sounds recorded in aquatic environments. While this wildlife spectacle is at great risk of disappearing due to overfishing, regional conservation efforts are focused on other endangered marine animals.

Observations of a Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus, Spawning Aggregation Site in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, Including Multi-Species Spawning Information

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Whaylen ◽  
Christy V. Pattengill-Semmens ◽  
Brice X. Semmens ◽  
Phillippe G. Bush ◽  
Mark R. Boardman
Keyword(s):  
Spawning Aggregation ◽  
Cayman Islands ◽  
Nassau Grouper ◽  
Aggregation Site ◽  
Epinephelus Striatus

scholarly journals More Than Just a Spawning Location: Examining Fine Scale Space Use of Two Estuarine Fish Species at a Spawning Aggregation Site

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross E. Boucek ◽  
Erin Leone ◽  
Joel Bickford ◽  
Sarah Walters-Burnsed ◽  
Susan Lowerre-Barbieri
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Scale Space ◽  
Estuarine Fish ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Spawning Aggregation ◽  
Aggregation Site

Fish and fisher behaviour influence the vulnerability of groupers (Epinephelidae) to fishing at a multispecies spawning aggregation site

Coral Reefs ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Robinson ◽  
N. A. J. Graham ◽  
J. E. Cinner ◽  
G. R. Almany ◽  
P. Waldie
Keyword(s):  
Spawning Aggregation ◽  
Aggregation Site

scholarly journals Sound production by dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus at spawning aggregation sites

2015 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Bertucci ◽  
P. Lejeune ◽  
J. Payrot ◽  
E. Parmentier
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Spawning Aggregation ◽  
Dusky Grouper
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