Resource use and impact of three herbivorous damselfishes on coral reef communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 328, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-224

  Jones, Geoffrey P ^a   Santana, Lara ^a,b   McCook, Laurence J ^a,c   McCormick, Mark I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^c GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Coral reef; Diatoms; Diet; Feeding selectivity; Herbivory; Papua New Guinea; Pomacentridae; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET; FISH; FOOD SELECTION; RESOURCE USE; TERRITORIALITY;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; CYANOBACTERIA; PLECTROGLYPHIDODON LACRYMATUS; POLYSIPHONIA; POMACENTRIDAE; RHODOPHYTA; STEGASTES NIGRICANS;

EID: 33846537990     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps328215     Document Type: Article

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