Relationships between butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) feeding rates and coral consumption on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 583-591

  Gregson, M A ^a   Pratchett, M S ^b   Berumen, M L ^b,c   Goodman, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Corallivore; Diurnal variation; Feeding guild; Group behaviour; Prey quality

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; DIURNAL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GUILD; INGESTION RATE; PERCIFORM;

ANTHOZOA; CHAETODON EPHIPPIUM; CHAETODONTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 48449098075     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0366-7     Document Type: Article

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