Fishing down a Caribbean food web relaxes trophic cascades

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 445, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-24

  Mumby, Peter J ^a   Steneck, Robert S ^b   Edwards, Alasdair J ^c   Ferrari, Renata ^a   Coleman, Robin ^d   Harborne, Alastair R ^a,e   Gibson, Janet P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Belize)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Damselfish; Fishing; Grouper; Parrotfish; Snapper; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ATOLL; BIOMASS; CATCH STATISTICS; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHING COMMUNITY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MARINE PARK; MICROHABITAT; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA; CEPHALOPHOLIS; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS GUTTATUS; HALIMEDA TUNA; LUTJANIDAE; OCYURUS CHRYSURUS; POMACENTRIDAE; SCARIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE; SERRANIDAE; SPARISOMA VIRIDE; STEGASTES PLANIFRONS;

EID: 84856173460     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09450     Document Type: Article

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