Effect of herbivorous and corallivorous fishes on the survival of transplanted corals in the Colombian Caribbean;Efecto de la herbivoría y coralivoría por peces en la supervivencia de corales trasplantados en el Caribe colombiano

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 825-837

  Chasqui Velasco, Luis ^a   Alvarado Ch , Elvira ^b   Acero P , Arturo ^c   Zapata, Fernando A ^d  

^a Territorial Suroccidente   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Coral fish interaction; Corallivorous fishes; Diploria labyrinthiformis; Herbivorous fishes; Montastraea annularis; Porites astreoides

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ACANTHURIDAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHAETODONTIDAE; DIPLORIA LABYRINTHIFORMIS; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; PORITES ASTREOIDES; SCARIDAE;

EID: 47749114952     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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