Variation in diversity of coral reef fish between French Polynesian atolls |
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Authors: | R Galzin S Planes V Dufour B Salvat |
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Institution: | (1) Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, URA CNRS 1453, Université de Perpignan, F-66860 Perpignan Cedex, France;(2) Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, 4810 Townsville MC, Queensland, Australia;(3) Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement, BP 1013, Papetoai, Moorea, Polynésie Française |
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Abstract: | The diversity of coral reef fish in seven atolls in French Polynesia is analyzed with respect to geomorphological characteristics of the atolls. The results show that size of the lagoon is more important than confinement in affecting overall fish diversity. This result suggests that island biogeographic theory, as developed by MacArthur and Wilson for terrestrial animals, also applies to reef fish in that more area gives more habitat complexity which, in turn, supports higher fish diversity. However, species diversity within a given family appears to be affected more by ecological parameters, such as living coral cover, food diversity, and reproductive behavior, than geomorphological features. |
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