Table 4. Nassau Grouper Life History Tables & Analysis

Presence/Absence Values

Values in red indicate total number of observations of each Presence/
Absence value for habitat of lifestage
* Denotes relative to emergent stucture



  Habitat   Information Summary by Life Stage
  Zonation Structure Depth (m)
Species Life Stage Shoreline Leeward* Crest* Windward* Plain Shelf Edge Slope Planktonic Seagrass Reef Other Hard Bottom Reef/SAV Interface Mangrove Algae Sand Mud 0-5.5 5.5-9 9-18.3 18.3-183 0 1 2 3 4 5 9
Nassau Grouper
Epinephelus
striatus
Eggs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 12
Larvae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 7 0 0 0 0 8
Early Juv. 0 9 0 9 1 9 0 0 1 1 1 1 9 9 1 0 9 1 9 9 5 8 0 0 0 0 7
Late Juv. 0 9 0 9 1 9 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 9 0 1 1 9 9 4 8 0 0 0 0 8
Adults 9 9 9 1 1 1 0 0 9 1 1 9 0 9 9 0 9 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 5 0 8
Spawners 0 0 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 4 4 9 0 9 9 0 9 9 4 4 4 5 4 2 1 4 0
                                                         
Information Summary by Habitat and Depth Presence/
Absence Values
 
0 5 3 5 2 2 2 5 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 0 0 0 0              
1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1              
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1              
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0              
9 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 5 4 1 5 3 4 4              


Last Updated on 7/30/98
By John D. Christensen