Fish stock assessment of the northern New Caledonian lagoons: 1 - Structure and stocks of coral reef fish communities

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-76

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

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

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

^c SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Commercial demersal fish; New Caledonia; Population structure; Reef fish; SW Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

NEW CALEDONIA; NORTHERN PROVINCE;

EID: 0033935655     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(00)00145-5     Document Type: Article

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