Damselfish territories as a refuge for macroalgae on coral reefs

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-118

  Hoey, A S ^a   Bellwood, D R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic community structure; Dischistodus prosopotaenia; Ecosystem process; Herbivores; Macroalgae; Sargassum

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; REFUGE; TERRITORIALITY;

AUSTRALIA; LIZARD ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DISCHISTODUS PERSPICILLATUS; DISCHISTODUS PROSOPOTAENIA; DISCHISTODUS PSEUDOCHRYSOPOECILUS; HEMIGLYPHIDODON PLAGIOMETOPON; PISCES; PLECTROGLYPHIDODON LACRYMATUS; POMACENTRIDAE; SARGASSUM; SQUAMATA; STEGASTES NIGRICANS;

EID: 76149098797     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0567-8     Document Type: Article

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