Importance of benthic prey for fishes in coral reef-associated sediments

Pacific Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-384

  DeFelice, Ralph C ^a   Parrish, James D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIET; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PREY SELECTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

HANALEI BAY; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; HAWAIIA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; PISCES;

EID: 0346965702     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2003.0029     Document Type: Article

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