Remote video bioassays reveal the potential feeding impact of the rabbitfish Siganus canaliculatus (f: Siganidae) on an inner-shelf reef of the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-615

  Fox, R J ^a   Bellwood, D R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Coral reef; Herbivory; Macroalgae; Phase shift; Siganus canaliculatus

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BROWN ALGA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FEEDING; HERBIVORY; PERCIFORM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAWEED; VIDEOGRAPHY;

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

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SIGANIDAE; SIGANUS CANALICULATUS; SIGANUS DOLIATUS;

EID: 48449087597     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0359-6     Document Type: Article

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