Herbivory and algal dynamics on the coral reef at Discovery Bay, Jamaica

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 251-255

  Aronson, Richard B ^a,b   Precht, William F ^c  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c PBS and J   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CORAL REEF; HERBIVORY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

DISCOVERY BAY; JAMAICA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOIDEA; PISCES;

EID: 0033978662     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.1.0251     Document Type: Article

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