The non-linear relationship between body size and function in parrotfishes

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 967-974

  Lokrantz, J ^a   Nystrom M ^a   Thyresson, M ^a   Johansson, C ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Coral reefs; Ecosystem function; Fishing; Herbivory; Parrotfishes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; OVERFISHING; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; CHLORURUS STRONGYLOCEPHALUS; PISCES; SCARIDAE; SCARUS NIGER;

EID: 55349120865     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0394-3     Document Type: Article

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