Ontogenetic changes in the diet of the coral reef grouper Plectropomus leopardus (Serranidae): Patterns in taxa, size and habitat of prey

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 1999, Pages 233-246

  St John, Jill ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Dietary analyses; Feeding ecology; Serranidae; Size related predation

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIET; ONTOGENY; SIZE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CLUPEIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LEOPARDUS; PENAEIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; POMACENTRIDAE; SALMONIDAE; SERRANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033519379     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps180233     Document Type: Article

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