Nutritional ecology of marine herbivorous fishes: Ten years on

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-92

  Clements, Kendall D ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^b   Choat, J Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diet; Digestion; Fermentation; Herbivory; Marine terrestrial comparisons; Physiological constraints; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIGESTION; ECOLOGY; FISH; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; INGESTION RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION; REEF; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58349114436     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01524.x     Document Type: Review

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