Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1855-1868

  Lesser, Michael P ^a   Slattery, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Herbivory; Lionfish; Mesophotic; Mezograzers; Phase shifts

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HURRICANE; INVASIVE SPECIES; OVERFISHING; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; ZOOBENTHOS;

BAHAMAS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PTEROIS; PTEROIS VOLITANS;

EID: 79960041810     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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