Survival and dispersal of turf algae and macroalgae consumed by herbivorous coral reef fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 417-425

  Vermeij, Mark J A ^a,b   van der Heijden, Roel A ^b   Olthuis, Juul G ^b   Marhaver, Kristen L ^c   Smith, Jennifer E ^d   Visser, Petra M ^b  

^a CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthuridae; Dispersal; Feces; Herbivory; Scaridae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CORAL REEF; DEFECATION; DISPERSAL; FECES; HERBIVORE; MACROALGA; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; SWIMMING;

ACANTHURIDAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; GELIDIACEAE; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PISCES; RHODOPHYTA; SCARIDAE;

EID: 84872614439     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2436-3     Document Type: Article

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