Shifting dominance among Scarid species on reefs representing a gradient of fishing pressure

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-348

  Clua, Eric ^a,b   Legendre, Pierre ^c  

^a Secrétariat de la Communauté du Pacifique CPS   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish assemblages; Fishing pressure; Pacific Ocean; Reef fisheries indicator; Scarid fish; Shifting dominance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; EXPLOITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PERCIFORM;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA;

ANTHOZOA; SCARIDAE;

EID: 53749099599     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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