Stability of coral reef fish assemblages impacted by nuclear tests

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2578-2585

  Planes, S ^a,b   Galzin, R ^a,b   Bablet, J P ^c,e   Sale, P F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^c Direction des Centres d'Expérimentations Nucléaires   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Ecology; Mururoa Atoll; Nuclear removal; Recovery

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MURUROA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 26044441881     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0774     Document Type: Article

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