Diversity and stability of herbivorous fishes on coral reefs

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 891-901

  Thibaut, Loic M ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a   Sweatman, Hugh P A ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reefs; Ecosystem function; Functional diversity; Herbivorous fishes; Phase shift; Portfolio effect; Regime shift; Response diversity; Species richness; Stability; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; FISH; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; HERBIVORY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 84861376724     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1753.1     Document Type: Article

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