Herbivory, connectivity, and ecosystem resilience: Response of a coral reef to a large-scale perturbation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Adam, Thomas C ^a   Schmitt, Russell J ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^a   Brooks, Andrew J ^a   Edmunds, Peter J ^b   Carpenter, Robert C ^b   Bernardi, Giacomo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISH; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; LAGOON; MACROALGA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES HABITAT; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; SEAWEED;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; SCARIDAE;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; SEAWEED;

EID: 80052074988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023717     Document Type: Article

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