Colonization of reef fishes at Moorea Island, French Polynesia: Temporal and spatial variation of the larval flux

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 413-422

  Dufour, Vincent ^a,b   Riclet, Emmanuel ^a,b   Lo Yat, Alain ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Station de Avatoru   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FISH LARVAE; LARVAL FLUX; REEF FISH;

FRENCH POLYNESIA, MOOREA; PACIFIC, FRENCH POLYNESIA, MOOREA;

ACANTHURUS TRIOSTEGUS; EPINEPHELUS MERRA;

EID: 0029662782     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9960413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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