Elevated size and body condition and altered feeding ecology of the grouper Cephalopholis argus in non-native habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 439, Issue , 2011, Pages 202-212

  Meyer, Amanda L ^a,b   Dierking, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive release; Ecological release; Interspecific competition; Invasive species; Main Hawaiian Islands; Moorea (French Polynesia); Niche shift; Peacock hind

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CORAL REEF; DEEP WATER; DOMINANCE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHALLOW WATER;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MOOREA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

CEPHALOPHOLIS ARGUS; EPINEPHELINAE;

EID: 80054988678     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09338     Document Type: Article

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