Bioerosion and sediment ingestion by the caribbean parrotfish Scarus vetula and Sparisoma viride: Implications of fish size, feeding mode and habitat use

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 59-71

  Bruggemann, J H ^a   Van Kessel, A M ^a   Van Rooij, J M ^a   Breeman, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioerosion rates; Coral reefs; Food type; Population density; Scaridae; Skeletal density; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

SCARUS VETULA; SPARISOMA VIRIDE;

BIOEROSION; CORAL REEFS; SEDIMENT INGESTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, BONAIRE;

EID: 0029668736     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134059     Document Type: Article

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