Susceptibility of macroalgae to herbivorous fishes at Rocas Atoll, Brazil

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 379-385

  Vidal Marques, Leonardo ^a   Villaça, Roberto ^a   Crespo Pereira, Renato ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fishes; Herbivory; Rocas Atoll; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ATOLL; FISH; FOOD ORGANISM; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAWEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE; ROCAS ATOLL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BRYOPSIS PLUMOSA; DICTYOPTERIS; DICTYOTA CERVICORNIS; DICTYOTA CILIOLATA; DICTYOTA MENSTRUALIS; DICTYOTA MERTENSII; DICTYOTA PFAFFII; DICTYOTA PINNATIFIDA; DIGENEA SIMPLEX; GELIDIELLA ACEROSA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM POLYCERATIUM;

EID: 33845592937     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.049     Document Type: Article

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