A comparison of two surveys of invertebrates at Pacific Ocean islands: The giant clam at Raivavae Island, Australes Archipelago, French Polynesia

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1825-1836

  Andréfouët, Serge ^a   Friedman, Kim ^b   Gilbert, Antoine ^c   Remoissenet, Georges ^d  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c Tahiti Eco Clams ^*  (French Polynesia)

^d Service de la Peche   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; French Polynesia; Giant clam; Invertebrate shery; PROCFish; Quickbird; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIVALVE; CLAM FISHERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INVERTEBRATE; ISLAND; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRAL ISLANDS; FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; RAIVAVAE;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; TRIDACNA MAXIMA;

EID: 70149118040     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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