Characterizing fish communities associated with drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Western Indian Ocean using underwater visual surveys

Marc Taquet (1) , Gorka Sancho (2) , Laurent Dagorn (3) , Jean Claude Gaertner (4) , David Itano (5) , Riaz Aumeeruddy (6) , Bertrand Wendling (6) , Christophe Peignon (7)

1 CRH - Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale
2 College of Charleston
3 THETIS - Thons tropicaux et écosystèmes pélagiques : taxies, interactions et stratégies d'exploitation
4 LMGEM - Laboratoire de MicrobiologiE de Géochimie et d'Ecologie Marines
5 JIMAR - Pelagic Fisheries Research Program
6 Seychelles Fishing Authority
7 IRD

Mots clés: Pelagic fishes; Drifting FAD; Visual census; Fish aggegations; Seychelles; reunion Island; Indian Ocean

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

Marc Taquet, Gorka Sancho, Laurent Dagorn, Jean Claude Gaertner, David Itano, et al.. Characterizing fish communities associated with drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Western Indian Ocean using underwater visual surveys. Aquatic Living Resources, 2008, pp.1-11. ⟨10.1051/alr:2008007⟩. ⟨hal-00256543⟩