Butterflyfishes feed on externally brooded larvae of the blue coral, Heliopora coerulea

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-105

  Villanueva, R D ^a   Edwards, A J ^b  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANTHOZOA; CHAETODONTIDAE; HELIOPORA COERULEA;

EID: 76149120086     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0553-1     Document Type: Article

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