@article{fdi:010037721,
  title = {{S}patio-temporal structure of pelagic larval and juvenile fish assemblages in coastal areas of {N}ew {C}aledonia, southwest {P}acific},
  author = {{C}arassou, {L}aure and {P}onton, {D}ominique},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study aims at describing the diversity and composition of larval and juvenile fish assemblages in coastal areas of {N}ew {C}aledonia, southwest {P}acific, and identifying the environmental factors that influence the seasonal and spatial patterns of these assemblages. {A} total of 97 taxa belonging to 7 orders and 26 familis were captured in three bays near {N}oumea by light trapping every month between {J}anuary 2002 and {J}une 2003. {T}he assemblages were dominated by {C}lupeiform larvae and juveniles (96.4% of total abundance) and followed by {P}erciform larvae (3%). {T}he number of taxa per sample varied from less than five in {J}uly-{A}ugust to more than ten in {O}ctober-{N}ovember and abundances followed the same seasonal pattern. {A}nalyses of similarity showed significant differences in the assemblages caught in the three bays and analyses of contribution to the dissimilarity revealed that these differences were due to the most abundant families. {T}he constant part of the relationship between environmental variables and the composition of assemblages was assessed by the partial triadic analysis {STATICO}, a statistical approach that takes into account the strong seasonality of the data. {R}ainfall, wind direction and thermal stratification of the water column were found to play a major role in the structure of the assemblages, although tidal amplitude and wind speed became important when {C}lupeidae and {E}ngraulididae were excluded from the analyses. {T}he richness, relative abundances and seasonal variations of the assemblages caught in three bays under study are close to what has been observed elsewhere in the tropics. {T}his study shows the efficiency of the {STATICO} analysis for identifying the environmental factors that have a permanent effect on assemblages and sorting them out from those which act temporally or on specific locations. {T}he high abundances and diversity of coral-reef fish larvae observed in coastal zones of {N}ew {C}aledonia suggest that further studies are needed to fully explore the role of the coastal zones of {N}ew {C}aledonia as nurseries.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}arine {B}iology},
  volume = {150},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {697--711},
  ISSN = {0025-3162},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00227-006-0389-y},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037721},
}