Impact of shark-feeding tourism on surrounding fish populations off Moorea Island (French Polynesia)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Vignon, Matthias ^a,b   Sasal, Pierre ^a,b   Johnson, Ryan L ^c,d   Galzin, Reń ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d Oceans Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cestode; Fish health; Hepatosomatic index; Lutjanidae; Pacific; Parasites; Serranidae.

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; SHARK;

MOOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

CESTODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS FASCIATUS; LUTJANIDAE; PISCES; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 77649299973     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09079     Document Type: Article

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