Prey selection by an obligate coral-feeding wrasse and its response to small-scale disturbance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 155, Issue , 1997, Pages 189-198

  McIlwain, J L ^a,b,c   Jones, G P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Coral reef fish; Corallivores; Disturbance; Labrids

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; REEF FISH; WRASSE;

ACROPORA ELSEYI; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ACROPORA NOBILIS; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; HYACINTHUS; LABRICHTHYS UNILINEATUS; LABRIDAE; MONTIPORA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0030885904     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps155189     Document Type: Article

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