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Letourneur, Y.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Galzin, R. (1993). Impact of hurricane Firinga on fish community structure on fringing reefs of Reunion Island, S.W. Indian Ocean. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 37: 109-120.
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Letourneur, Y.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Galzin, R.
1993
Impact of hurricane Firinga on fish community structure on fringing reefs of Reunion Island, S.W. Indian Ocean.
Environmental Biology of Fishes
37: 109-120
Publication
The reef flats of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Leu (Reunion Island, Indian Ocean) suffered badly from hurricane Firinga on 29 January 1989. The high degree of silting due to increased run-off killed the coral colonies. Fish communities were surveyed at four periods following the hurricane (March and September 1989, March and September 1990). An increase inboth species richness (31 to 47 spp. Per census) and abundance (169 to 265 individuals per census) of fishes was observed with time, along with changes in their trophic structure. This positive succession may be linked to the disappearance of the silt layer from reef flats since September 1989. Nevertheless, there were differences in fluctuations and trophic structure of the fish community between back-, inner- and outer-reef flats. Finally, differences in recovery between the two reefs are related to the overall environmental degradation of the island, chiefly by human perturbation, prior to the hurricane.
Indian Ocean, Western
Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880) (basis of record)
Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877 (basis of record)
Thalassoma genivittatum (Valenciennes, 1839) (basis of record)
Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877 (basis of record)
Thalassoma genivittatum (Valenciennes, 1839) (basis of record)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus tennenti Günther, 1861
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Amanses scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1829
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Apogon taeniophorus Regan, 1908
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cantherhines dumerili (Hollard, 1854)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cantherhines pardalis (Rüppell, 1837)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropyge bispinosus (Günther, 1860)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon madagascariensis Ahl, 1923
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chromis dimidiata (Klunzinger, 1871)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chrysiptera glauca (Cuvier, 1830)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chrysiptera unimaculata (Cuvier, 1830)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Epibulus insidiator (Pallas, 1770)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Exallias brevis (Kner, 1868)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède, 1802)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Gomphosus caeruleus Lacepède, 1801
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Istigobius decoratus (Herre, 1927)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Labroides bicolor Fowler & Bean, 1928
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus Randall, 1978
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Mulloides flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Mulloides vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus macronema (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Liénard, 1839)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus tennenti Günther, 1861
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Amanses scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1829
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Apogon taeniophorus Regan, 1908
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cantherhines dumerili (Hollard, 1854)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cantherhines pardalis (Rüppell, 1837)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1864)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Centropyge bispinosus (Günther, 1860)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon madagascariensis Ahl, 1923
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chromis dimidiata (Klunzinger, 1871)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chrysiptera glauca (Cuvier, 1830)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Chrysiptera unimaculata (Cuvier, 1830)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Coris gaimard africana Smith, 1957
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Epibulus insidiator (Pallas, 1770)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Epinephelus hexagonatus (Forster, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Exallias brevis (Kner, 1868)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède, 1802)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Gomphosus caeruleus Lacepède, 1801
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Istigobius decoratus (Herre, 1927)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Labroides bicolor Fowler & Bean, 1928
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus Randall, 1978
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Mulloides flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Mulloides vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus macronema (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Liénard, 1839)
Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone for Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)