Disentangling trophic interactions inside a Caribbean marine reserve

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1979-1992

  Kellner, Julie B ^a,d   Litvin, Steven Y ^b   Hastings, Alan ^a   Micheli, Fiorenza ^b   Mumby, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Bottom up; Coral reef; Ecosystem based management; Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park; Fishing pressure; Generalist predator; Marine protected areas; Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus); Stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride); Top down; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISHING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; HERBIVORE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; NATURAL CAPITAL; OVERFISHING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERCIFORM; PISCIVORE; REEF; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BAHAMAS; EXUMA CAYS;

ANTHOZOA; EPINEPHELUS STRIATUS; SPARISOMA VIRIDE;

EID: 77957743186     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1217.1     Document Type: Article

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