Associations between the abundance of piscivorous fishes and their prey coral reefs: Implications for prey-fish mortality

Marine Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 383-397

  Stewart, B D ^a,b   Jones, G P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035120323     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270000468     Document Type: Article

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