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The importance of mangroves to the icthyofauna of the New Caledonian Lagoon.
Author(s):
Thollot, P.
Publisher: SPC
Year: 1988
Notes: In:SPC Workshop on Inshore Fishery Resources(1988:Noumea);BP 22. Written in French.
Held at: IMR; SPC
Identifiers: Mangroves; Lagoons; Ichthyofauna
Abstract: In a preliminary survey of the ichthyofauna of a mangrove stand at the head of a muddy bay on the west coast of New Caladonia, conducted in 1987, 75 species of fish belonging to 38 families were recorded. The mangrove fish community is charactorised by abundance of small sized species and of juveniles of large-sized species, including a large number of commercially valuable species. The trophic web of this fish community is largely based on the food chain of the detritus feeders. There seems to be little overlap between mangrove fishes and lagoon fishes.
Control No.: 00005739.nul
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