Objectives and background to the 1994 Franco-Australian expedition to Taiaro Atoll (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Galzin, R ^a,b   Planes, S ^a,b   Adjeroud, M ^a,b   Chauvet, C ^e   Doherty, P J ^d   Poupin, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b Ctr Rech Insulaires Observ E   (French Polynesia)

^c Serv Mixte Survlnc Radiologique B   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Hydrodynamics; Larval dispersal; Life cycle; Surveys

Indexed keywords

FISH COMMUNITY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; ISOLATION; LAGOON; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYLCE;

FRENCH POLYNESIA, TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO, TAIARO ATOLL;

EID: 0031949139     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050087     Document Type: Article

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