Baseline study of the spatio-temporal patterns of reef fish assemblages prior to a major mining project in New Caledonia (South Pacific)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 7-12, 2010, Pages 598-611

  Chabanet, Pascale ^a   Guillemot, Nicolas ^b,c,d   Kulbicki, Michel ^e   Vigliola, Laurent ^f   Sarramegna, Sébastien ^g  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^d Koniambo Nickel SAS   (New Caledonia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^f IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^g Société Mine R Eaux   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Mining impact; Monitoring; New Caledonia; Reef fish assemblages; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FISHING ACTIVITIES; HOME RANGE; JOB CREATION; MINING PROJECTS; NEW CALEDONIA; REEF FISH ASSEMBLAGES; REEF FISHES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DREDGING; FISH; FORESTRY; MINING; NICKEL MINES;

REEFS;

NICKEL; RUNOFF;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; BIOTOPE; CORAL REEF; FISH; HOME RANGE; MINING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHING; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MINING; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DATA COLLECTION; FISHES; MINING; NEW CALEDONIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77956009891     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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