Live coral predation by parrotfishes (Perciformes: Scaridae) in the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil, with comments on the classification of species into functional groups

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-200

  Francini Filho, Ronaldo B ^a,b   Moura, Rodrigo L ^b   Ferreira, Camilo M ^c   Coni, Ericka O C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Marine Program ^*  (Brazil)

^c Centro de Pesquisas e Conservacao dos Ecossistemas Aquaticos (Biota Aquatica)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Foraging behavior; Grazing scars; Scarus trispinosus; Sparisoma amplum

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PERCIFORMES; SCARIDAE; SCARUS TRISPINOSUS; SPARISOMA;

EID: 46849112207     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252008000200006     Document Type: Article

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