Trophic restructuring of coral reef fish communities in a large Marine reserve

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 408, Issue , 2010, Pages 169-180

  Lamb, Robert W ^a,b   Johnson, Darren W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Community structure; Coral reef fishes; Fish biomass; Food web; Indirect effects; Marine reserve; Reef fish communities; Top down effects

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; FISH; FISHING MORTALITY; FOOD WEB; MARINE PARK; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BAHAMAS;

ANTHOZOA; CHONDRICHTHYES; PISCES;

EID: 77954117318     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08509     Document Type: Article

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