Gorgonian mortality related to a massive attack by caprellids in the Bunaken Marine Park (North Sulawesi, Indonesia)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 723-727

  Scinto, Alice ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^b   Boyer, Massimo ^b   Previati, Monica ^a,b   Cerrano, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attack; Bunaken Marine Park; Caprellids; Gorgonian; Indonesia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CORAL; DAMAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION; SKELETON; STOMACH CONTENT;

ASIA; BUNAKEN NATIONAL MARINE PARK; EURASIA; INDONESIA; NORTH SULAWESI; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CAPRELLIDA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; METAPROTELLA;

EID: 46049102785     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540800129X     Document Type: Article

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