Large-scale dispersal of the larvae of nearshore and pelagic fishes in the tropical oceanic waters of French Polynesia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 325, Issue , 2006, Pages 195-203

  Lo Yat, A ^a,b   Meekan, M G ^b   Carleton, J H ^b   Galzin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral reef; Dispersal; Fish larvae; Plankton net; Reef fish

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC METHOD; CORAL REEF; LARVAL TRANSPORT; PELAGIC FISH; POPULATION DECLINE; SAMPLING;

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

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; BALISTIDAE; CARANGIDAE; CHAETODONTIDAE; HOLOCENTRIDAE; MULLIDAE; OSTRACIIDAE; PISCES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 33845414567     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps325195     Document Type: Article

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