Interactions between juvenile marine fish and gnathiid isopods: Predation versus micropredation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 357, Issue , 2008, Pages 111-119

  Penfold, Rose ^a   Grutter, Alexandra S ^a   Kuris, Armand M ^b   McCormick, Mark I ^c   Jones, Conor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthochromis polyacanthus; Coral reef fish; Gnathia falcipenis; Gnathiid isopod; Host parasite interactions; Micropredator; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOPOD; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PERCID; VIRULENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACANTHOCHROMIS POLYACANTHUS; ANTHOZOA; GNATHIA FALCIPENIS; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 43249128329     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07312     Document Type: Article

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