Spatial structure of commercial reef fish communities along a terrestrial runoff gradient in the northern lagoon of New Caledonia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-159

  Letourneur, Yves ^a   Kulbicki, Michel ^a   Labrosse, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; High biomass; Ichthyofauna; Low fishing pressure; Terrigeneous impact

Indexed keywords

REEF COMMUNITY; REEF FISH; RUNOFF GRADIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW CALEDONIA;

EID: 0031883665     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007489502060     Document Type: Article

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