The likelihood of extinction of iconic and dominant herbivores and detritivores of coral reefs: The parrotfishes and surgeonfishes

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Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Comeros Raynal, Mia T ^a   Choat, John Howard ^b   Polidoro, Beth A ^a   Clements, Kendall D ^c   Abesamis, Rene ^d   Craig, Matthew T ^e   Lazuardi, Muhammad Erdi ^f   McIlwain, Jennifer ^g   Muljadi, Andreas ^h   Myers, Robert F ⁱ   Nañola, Cleto L ^j   Pardede, Shinta ^k   Rocha, Luiz A ^l   Russell, Barry ^m   Sanciangco, Jonnell C ^a   Stockwell, Brian ^a   Harwell, Heather ^a   Carpenter, Kent E ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f Conservation International ^*  (Indonesia)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h Coral Triangle Center ^*  (Indonesia)

ⁱ Seaclicks Coral Graphics   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MINDANAO   (Philippines)

^k Wildlife Conservation Society Bogor   (Indonesia)

^l CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^m CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DETRITIVORE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARROT FISH; PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURGEON FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHURIDAE; ANTHOZOA; PISCES; SCARIDAE;

EID: 84863829195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039825     Document Type: Article

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