Feeding selectivity of the herbivorous fish Scartichthys viridis: Effects on macroalgal community structure in a temperate rocky intertidal coastal zone

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 1999, Pages 219-229

  Ojeda, F Patricio ^a   Muñoz, Alejandro A ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Feeding selectivity; Fish grazing; Herbivorous fish; Macroalgae community structure; Rocky intertidal; Temperate waters

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CODIUM DIMORPHUM; COLPOMENIA PHAEODACTYLA; COLUMBINA; ENTEROMORPHA LINZA; GELIDIUM CHILENSE; INVERTEBRATA; MAZZAELLA LAMINARIOIDES; PETALONIA FASCIA; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA COLUMBINA; SCARTICHTHYS; SCARTICHTHYS VIRIDIS; ULVA LINZA; ULVA RIGIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344563507     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps184219     Document Type: Article

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