Visual censuses around drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs): A new approach for assessing the diversity of fish in open-ocean waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 366, Issue , 2008, Pages 175-186

  Gaertner, J C ^a   Taquet, M ^b   Dagorn, L ^c   Merigot B ^a   Aumeeruddy, R ^d   Sancho, G ^e   Itano, D ^f  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

^e Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Drifting FADs; Indian Ocean; Pelagic fishes

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; OPEN OCEAN; PELAGIC FISH; RARITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

PISCES;

EID: 53549120592     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07554     Document Type: Article

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