Interlinkage between Caribbean coral reefs and seagrass beds through feeding migrations by grunts (Haemulidae) depends on habitat accessibility

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 368, Issue , 2008, Pages 155-164

  Nagelkerken, I ^a   Bothwell, J ^b   Nemeth, R S ^c   Pitt, J M ^d   Van Der Velde, G ^a,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Cayman Islands Government   (Cayman Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^e NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Diet analysis; Feeding migrations; Habitat linkages; Haemulon flavolineatum; Seagrass; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATION; PERCIFORM; SEAGRASS;

ANTHOZOA; HAEMULIDAE; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; PISCES;

EID: 54549108055     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07528     Document Type: Article

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