Cross-shelf variation in browsing intensity on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 499-508

  Hoey, A S ^a   Bellwood, D R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary conservatism; Ecosystem process; Herbivory; Macroalgae; Resilience; Sargassum swartzii

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; BROWSING; CORAL REEF; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; PERCIFORM;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; NASO UNICORNIS; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM SWARTZII;

EID: 77952240144     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0605-6     Document Type: Article

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