Effects of habitat-conditioning by the damselfish Stegastes nigricans (Lacepède) on the community structure of benthic algae

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 95-116

  Hata, H ^a,c   Nishihira, M ^a   Kamura, S ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Environmental Technology Association   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algal assemblage; Coral reef; Damselfish territory; Habitat conditioning; Stegastes nigricans; Womersleyella setacea

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FISH; GRAZING; PHYTOBENTHOS; TERRITORY;

JAPAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CALOTHRIX; CHROMIS CHROMIS; CLADOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; FELDMANNIA; GELIDIOPSIS VARIABILIS; HERPOSIPHONIA; PADINA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; STEGASTES; STEGASTES NIGRICANS; TAENIOMA PERPUSILLUM; WOMERSLEYELLA SETACEA;

EID: 0037145849     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00395-7     Document Type: Article

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