Commercial fish assemblages on New Caledonian fringing reefs submitted to different levels of ground erosion

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 609-621

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

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

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

Author keywords

Fringing reefs; Ichthyofauna; Mining activities; Pacific Ocean; Terrigeneous runoff

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISHERY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW CALEDONIA; SOIL DEGRADATION;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EROSION; FRINGING REEF; MINING; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

NEW CALEDONIA;

ACANTHURIDAE; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LABRIDAE; LETHRINIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MULLIDAE; SCARIDAE; SERRANIDAE; SIGANIDAE;

EID: 0033226377     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(00)88952-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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