Herbivorous fish assemblages and herbivory pressure on Laamu Atoll, Republic of Maldives

Coral Reefs

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-262

  Sluka, Robert D ^a,c   Miller, Margaret W ^b,c  

^a Oceanographic Society of Maldives   (Maldives)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c PHRA No 12 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Herbivorous fishes; Herbivory; Maldives

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; HERBIVORY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MALDIVES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA; PISCES; SPARISOMA CRETENSE; THALASSIA;

EID: 0035653986     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380100166     Document Type: Article

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