Predicting the structure of larval fish assemblages by a hierarchical classification of meteorological and water column forcing factors

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 867-880

  Carassou, L ^a   Ponton, D ^a   Mellin, C ^a,b   Galzin, R ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental parameters; Larvae; New Caledonia; Predictive models; Reef fish; Southwest Pacific

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; LARVA; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 55349094700     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0388-1     Document Type: Article

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