Reduced density of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum inside a Caribbean marine reserve linked to increased predation pressure by fishes

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 783-791

  Harborne, A R ^a   Renaud, P G ^b   Tyler, E H M ^c   Mumby, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b KHALED BIN SULTAN LIVING OCEANS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Ecosystem based management; Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park; Predator prey interactions; Trophic cascade; Weighted similarity coefficient

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FISH; HERBIVORE; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; PISCES;

EID: 70349979697     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0516-6     Document Type: Article

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