Extraordinarily high giant clam density under protection in Tatakoto atoll (Eastern Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 495-

  Gilbert, A ^a   Yan, L ^b   Remoissenet, G ^c   Andrefouet S ^d   Payri, C ^d,e   Chancerelle, Y ^f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Cellule Développement ^*  (French Polynesia)

^c Service de la Peche   (French Polynesia)

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

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CORAL REEF; POPULATION DENSITY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TATAKOTO; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 28444443761     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0494-2     Document Type: Article

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