Alien marine fishes deplete algal biomass in the Eastern Mediterranean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sala, Enric ^a,b   Kizilkaya, Zafer ^c   Yildirim, Derya ^c   Ballesteros, Enric ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c SAD EKOG ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CORALLINE ALGA; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORE; INTERTIDAL ZONE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROALGA; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ROCK; SEA URCHIN; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; PISCES; SIGANUS; SIGANUS LURIDUS; SIGANUS RIVULATUS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TURKEY;

EID: 79952056191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017356     Document Type: Article

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