Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station

29 Sep, 11 AM - 01 Oct, 01 PM

This visit aims to identify and quantify commercially important fishes in French Polynesia and compare them to the non-commercially important diversity. One of the main goals of this project is to obtain reference material that will be housed in the LSU Museum of Natural Science for future researchers to use that do not have the financial means to travel to the South Pacific. For this, representatives of each unique species found in local fish markets will be purchased and preserved. In addition to these species, we will collect sandy shore and surf zone species using beach seines for comparative material, as these species may not be commercially important. This, in combination will literature records of well known reef fishes in the region will give us a comprehensive understanding of the fish biota in the region.

Visit #52779 @Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station

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Under Project # 35887 | Research

Diversity of South Pacific Marine Fishes

graduate_student - Louisiana State University

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Prosanta Chakrabarty Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2017 (3 days)
William Ludt Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2017 (3 days)

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