Local variation in herbivore feeding activity on an inshore reef of the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Cvitanovic, C ^a   Bellwood, D R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Coral reef; Herbivory; Kyphosus vaigiensis; Macroalgae; Phase shifts; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CORAL REEF; CYPRINID; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; MACROALGA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

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

ANTHOZOA; KYPHOSUS VAIGIENSIS; SIGANUS CANALICULATUS; SIGANUS JAVUS;

EID: 59449084084     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0433-0     Document Type: Article

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