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How does shoreline development impact the recruitment patterns of coral reef fish juveniles (Moorea Island, French Polynesia)?

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The study examined the effects of coastal embankment building on fish recruitment in three habitat types (beach-rock, white sand and muddy sand) in the near shore and fringing reef habitats of Moorea lagoon (French Polynesia). The results showed a positive relationship between the presence of embankments and the density and species richness of juvenile fish along the shoreline (whatever the habitat types). However, embankments deteriorated adjacent fringing reefs (decrease of live coral), which led to a decrease of fish density on beach-rock and white sand sites, and a decrease of fish species richness on muddy sand sites.

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  1. Yohei Nakamura

    Present address: Department of Kuroshio Science, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, 200 Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, Japan

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  1. Centre IRD Noumea, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, UR 128 CoReUs, Anse Vata, BP A5, Noumea, 98848, New Caledonia

    David Lecchini

  2. UMS 2978 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l’Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia

    Julien Million & René Galzin

  3. Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Yohei Nakamura

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Lecchini, D., Million, J., Nakamura, Y. et al. How does shoreline development impact the recruitment patterns of coral reef fish juveniles (Moorea Island, French Polynesia)?. Ichthyol Res 56, 314–318 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-009-0097-y

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