The contribution of scarid herbivory to seagrass ecosystem dynamics in the Indo-Pacific

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-62

  Unsworth, Richard K F ^a   Taylor, Joe D ^a   Powell, Abigail ^a   Bell, James J ^b   Smith, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

herbivory; Indo Pacific; Indonesia; parrotfish; scarids; seagrass; Wakatobi

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHEAST SULAWESI; WAKATOBI MARINE NATIONAL PARK;

SCARIDAE;

EID: 34250713885     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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