Diversity among Macroalgae-Consuming Fishes on Coral Reefs: A Transcontinental Comparison

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Vergés, Adriana ^a,b,c   Bennett, Scott ^d   Bellwood, David R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHURUS TRIOSTEGUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HERBIVORE; KYPHOSUS VAIGIENSIS; LUTJANUS; MACROALGA; NASO ANNULATUS; NASO LITURATUS; NASO UNICORNIS; NONHUMAN; POMACANTHUS SEMICIRCULATUS; POMACANTHUS SEXSTRIATUS; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MYRIOCYSTUM; SCARID; SCARUS CHAMELEON; SCARUS GHOBBAN; SCARUS NIGER; SCARUS OVICEPS; SCARUS PUNCTATUS; SCARUS RIVULATUS; SCARUS RUBROVIOLACEUS; SCARUS SCHLEGELI; SIGANUS ARGENTEUS; SIGANUS CANALICULATUS; SIGANUS DOLIATUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TELEVISION CAMERA; ZEBRASOMA VELIFERUM;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; HERBIVORY; ISLANDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWEED;

ANTHOZOA; KYPHOSUS VAIGIENSIS; NASO UNICORNIS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MYRIOCYSTUM;

EID: 84866647146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045543     Document Type: Article

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