Territorial damselfishes facilitate survival of corals by providing an associational defense against predators

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 398, Issue , 2009, Pages 137-148

  Gochfeld, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Associational defense; Butterflyfishes; Corallivory; Damselfishes; Facilitation; Pocillopora; Stegastes; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DAMSELFLY; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

MOOREA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA; CHAETODONTIDAE; PISCES; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; POMACENTRIDAE; PORITES RUS; STEGASTES; STEGASTES LIVIDUS; STEGASTES NIGRICANS;

EID: 74049092656     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08302     Document Type: Article

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