Reef fish communities of Tikehau Atoll (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia) 1982-87

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Caillart B, Harmelin-Vivien M, Galzin R, Morize E (2024). Reef fish communities of Tikehau Atoll (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia) 1982-87. Version 1.1. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Occurrence dataset. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=tikehau_reef_fish&v=1.1

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

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Geographic Coverage

Tikehau Atoll

Temporal Coverage

Sampling Methods

To study the fish communities of Tikehau, two complementary were used: visual census and rotenone poisoning.

Method step description:

1. Many synthesis (GBRMPA, 1987; Barans and Bortone, 1983; Harmelin-Vivien et al., 1985) describe the method for estimating in situ fish communities and populations using visual census. These methods, widely used on coral reefs, enable scientists to study fish communities without perturbation. In the Tikehau atoll, visual censuses were carried out the SCUBA diving on 50 m length and 5 m with transects. The transects on the outer slope and the inner reef flat were parallel to the reef. Fish hidden in reef shelter and in sediment were caught with ichtyotoxic rotenone. The two methods were used to study fish communities in the lagoon, but only visual censuses were used on the outer slope.

Bibliographic Citations

1. Caillart, B., Harmelin-Vivien, M.L., Galzin, R. and Morize, E., 1994. Reef Fish Communities and Fishery Yields of Tikehau Atoll (Tuamotu Archipelago French Polynesia). Atoll Research Bulletin.

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