@article{fdi:010040975,
  title = {{C}haracterizing fish communities associated with drifting fish aggregating devices ({FAD}s) in the {W}estern {I}ndian {O}cean using underwater visual surveys [+ {E}rratum paru dans {A}quat. {L}iving {R}esour. 2017, 30, 26]},
  author = {{T}aquet, {M}. and {S}ancho, {G}. and {D}agorn, {L}aurent and {G}aertner, {J}. {C}. and {I}tano, {D}. and {A}umeeruddy, {R}. and {W}endling, {B}. and {P}eignon, {C}hristophe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e adapted a visual census method, mainly used in demersal and reef fish studies, to characterize fish communities associated to drifting fish aggregating devices ({FAD}s) in the {W}estern {I}ndian {O}cean. {D}rifting {FAD} associated fishes from both equatorial ({S}eychelles) and tropical waters ({R}eunion {I}sland) were examined by divers. {A} total of 32 species (belonging to 16 families) were observed associated with drifting {FAD}s in equatorial waters, and 24 species (14 families) were found around {FAD}s in tropical waters. {T}wenty species were found in both regions. {T}he highest number of species observed at a single {FAD} was 18 (12 +/- 2, mean +/- {SD}) in equatorial and 13 (10 +/- 3) in tropical waters, not counting circumnatant species loosely associated with the {FAD}. {S}ome species like {K}yphosus vaigiensis, {C}anthidermis maculata, {E}lagatis bipinnulata, {A}canthocybium solandri and {C}oryphaena hippurus were observed on all or most of the surveys. {I}n this study, the contribution in biomass of the 18 common species associated with drifting {FAD}s (but excluding circumnatant species), represents more than 98% of the biomass. {T}he overall biomass values of closely associated species remains well below tuna biomass estimates for circumnatant tuna schools at {FAD}s, estimated as high as 200 tons. {T}he species that most significantly contribute to the by-catch in tuna purse-seines logically match those that showing the highest biomass values in our surveys ({C}archarhinus spp., {E}lagatis bipinnulata, {C}oryphaena hippurus, {C}anthidermis maculata, and {A}canthocybium solandri). {O}ne of the most abundant and ubiquitous species in our study was the spotted oceanic triggerfish {C}anthidermis maculata that sometimes formed massive schools of many thousands individuals around the drifting {FAD}s. {F}uture research is needed to explore the role of such non tuna species in the attraction and aggregation processes of tuna around drifting {FAD}s.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}quatic {L}iving {R}esources},
  volume = {20},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {331--341 [+ erratum : 1 p.]},
  ISSN = {0990-7440},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1051/alr:2008007},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040975},
}