The role of Thalassoma lunare as a predator of juvenile fish on a sub-tropical coral reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1113-1123

  Holmes, T H ^a,b   Wilson, S K ^a,b   Vanderklift, M ^c   Babcock, R ^c   Fraser, M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Ningaloo; Predation; Recruitment; Thalassoma lunare

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENERALIST; JUVENILE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); VIDEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; GONIOPLECTRUS HISPANUS; HOLOGYMNOSUS ANNULATUS; LUTJANUS CARPONOTATUS; PARAPERCIS; PISCES; THALASSOMA LUNARE;

EID: 84869176531     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0934-8     Document Type: Article

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