Production and reworking of sediment by parrotfishes (family Scaridae) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 795-800

  Bellwood, D R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORURUS GIBBUS; CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; SCARIDAE; SQUAMATA;

BIOEROSION; FISH; PARROTFISH; REEF; REEF FISH; REWORKING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT REWORKING; SEDIMENTATION;

CORAL SEA, GREAT BARRIER REEF, LIZARD ISLAND;

EID: 0029660331     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00349262     Document Type: Article

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