Foragers versus farmers: Contrasting effects of two behavioural groups of herbivores on coral reefs

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-453

  Ceccarelli, Daniela M ^a   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a   McCook, Laurence J ^b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Cage experiment; Herbivorous fish; Territorial damselfish

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE;

ALGA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

ALGAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERRITORIALITY;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

ACANTHURIDAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE;

EID: 26044466026     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0144-y     Document Type: Article

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