Devil in the details: High-resolution dietary analysis contradicts a basic assumption of reef-fish diversity models

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages 543-555

  Longenecker, Ken ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; DIET; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KANEOHE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 34548838852     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)2007[543:DITDHD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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