Human activity selectively impacts the ecosystem roles of parrotfishes on coral reefs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1733, 2012, Pages 1621-1629

  Bellwood, David R ^a,b   Hoey, Andrew S ^a,b,c   Hughes, Terence P ^a  

^a Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Ecosystem function; Fishing; Grazing; Herbivory; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OVERFISHING; PASSERINE; POPULATION SIZE; VULNERABILITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES; SCARIDAE;

EID: 84857948643     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1906     Document Type: Article

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