Diet of pre-settlement larvae of coral-reef fishes : selection of prey types and sizes Carassou Laure auteur aut IRD Leborgne Robert auteur aut IRD Ponton Dominique auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access This study examines the diet of nine taxa from seven families of pre-settlement coral-reef fish larvae collected in the lagoon of New Caledonia, south-west Pacific. Chesson's index of electivity indicated that the major prey groups in the diets, i.e. small copepods, small unidentified crustaceans and eggs, were positively selected by all larvae, provided they were at least 150 mu m wide. This result emphasizes the role of larvae's behaviour on their feeding. specialized feeding New Caledonia zooplankton post-larvae selectivity 034 Journal of Fish Biology 75 3 707-715 2009 0022-1112 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048216 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02312.x 0022-1112 [F B010048216] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048216 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2009/10/010048216.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2009-11-09 2017-08-23 fdi:010048216 fre