Age-based demography and reproductive ontogeny of angelfishes belonging to the family Pomacanthidae

There is an urgent need to understand population dynamics and life history characteristics of reef fishes that are highly exploited and limited in distribution to facilitate effective management and make predictions of potential impact. This is important within the pomacanthids family in which no demographic studies has been done. This study aims to explore the demographic features and reproductive ontogeny of a group of pomacanthids species, Pomacanthus sexstriatus, Centropyge bicolor and C. loricul. P. sexstriatu and C. bicolor were collected from the Great Barrier Reef and C. loricul. two species are in the first two species and from Kiritimati, Kiribati in the Central Pacific. An age-based approach combined with gonad histology was used in this thesis to examine the growth and longevity, reproductive ontogeny and the mechanism underlying larger male size in the study species.

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

rmasters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

James Cook University

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Sapolu, Tebaua

Language dc:language

en