Intensity of herbivory on kelp by fish and sea urchins differs between inshore and offshore reefs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 376, Issue , 2009, Pages 203-211

  Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a,b   Lavery, Paul S ^b   Waddington, Kris I ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detached algae; Drift feeding; Ecklonia radiata; Grazing; Heliocidaris erythrogramma; Kyphosus sydneyanus; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; FISH; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; KELP FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA; KYPHOSUS SYDNEYANUS;

EID: 62149122915     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07811     Document Type: Article

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