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Color variation and associated behavior in the epinepheline groupers, Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean) and M. phenax Jordan and Swain
| Title: | Color variation and associated behavior in the epinepheline groupers, Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean) and M. phenax Jordan and Swain. |
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| Name(s): |
Gilmore, R. G., creator Jones, Robert S., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1992 | |
| Publisher: | Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami | |
| Extent: | 22 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3171645 (digitool), FADT3171645 (IID), fau:5644 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
Color variants and behavior of scamp, Mycteroperca phenax, and gag, M. microlepis, are described from 64 submersible dives made on reef structures at depths between 20 and 100 m off the east coast of Florida from February 1977 to September 1982. These dives yielded 146 h of observations augmented with video and 35 mm photography. Both species display a variety of color phases associated with social behavior. They are expressed in each case by an aggressive, dominant territorial individual which displays to a group of smaller subordinates. Social hierarchy is evident in both species, with the alpha individual being a male in the gag and of undetermined sex in the scamp. This manuscript is available at http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/bms and may be cited as: Gilmore, R. G. & Jones, R. S. (1992). Color variation and associated behavior in the epinepheline groupers, Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean) and M. phenax Jordan and Swain. Bulletin of Marine Science, 51(1), 83-103. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #770. |
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| Subject(s): |
Groupers Epinephelus Marine animals Animal behavior Oceanographic submersibles |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3171645 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1992 Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
