Succession and herbivory: Effects of differential fish grazing on hawaiian coral-reef algae

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-90

  Hixon, Mark A ^a   Brostoff, William N ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Coral reef; Damselfish; Hawaii; Herbivory; Keystone species; Parrotfish; Predator mediated coexistence; Species diversity; Succession; Surgeonfish; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CALOTHRIX CRUSTACEA; CENTROCERAS CLAVULATUM; CHROMIS CHROMIS; CRUSTACEA; ENTEROMORPHA RHIZOIDEA; HAWAIIA; HYDROLITHON REINBOLDII; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; STEGASTES FASCIOLATUS; TAENIOMA PERPUSILLUM; TOLYPOICLADIA; TOLYPOICLADIA GLOMERULATA; ULVA; ECTOCARPUS INDICUS;

ALGAE; BENTHIC ALGAE; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEFS; ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; REEF FISH; SUCCESSION;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, OAHU;

EID: 0030426487     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2963481     Document Type: Article

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