Fig 1.
Study sites and crest net locations.
(A) Location of French Polynesia within the Pacific Ocean. (B) Location of Moorea Island and Nengo-Nengo Atoll within French Polynesia. (C) Location of crest net sites. Grey triangles indicate crest net locations (M_W1 and M_W2 along the west coast of Moorea, NN_N on the north coast of Nengo-Nengo, and NN_SE1 and NN_SE2 along the south-east coast of Nengo-Nengo), as well as respective inflow orientations.
Table 1.
Larval settlement patterns in relation to lunar phases.
Table 2.
Comparisons of larval settlement patterns between nets.
Table 3.
Comparisons of species versus total settlement patterns.
Fig 2.
Relative abundances of larvae in each crest net.
Relative abundance of (A) all larval fishes, (B) Acanthurus triostegus larvae, (C) Bothus mancus larvae, (D) Chromis viridis larvae, (E) Pristiapogon fraenatus larvae. Green and dark green lines indicate M_W1 and M_W2 nets respectively while light blue, blue, and dark blue lines indicate NN_N, NN_SE1 and NN_SE2. Circular points indicate a crest net with a westward orientation, triangular points indicate a northward orientation and square points indicate a south-eastward orientation. Black and white circles above each panel indicate the lunar phases: new moon (black circle), first quarter, full moon (white circle) and last quarter.