Fishing indirectly structures macroalgal assemblages by altering herbivore behavior

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-801

  Madin, Elizabeth M P ^a,b,c   Gaines, Steven D ^a   Madin, Joshua S ^b   Warner, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Coral reef; Fishing; Food web; Indirect effects; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; FISHING EFFORT; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; MACROALGA; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORAL REEF; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEAWEED;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWEED;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 78649694981     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657039     Document Type: Article

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