Identity and behaviour of herbivorous fish influence large-scale spatial patterns of macroalgal herbivory in a coral reef

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 482, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-240

  Michael, Peter J ^a   Hyndes, Glenn A ^a   Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a,b   Vergés, Adriana ^a,c,d  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Group feeding; Herbivory; Kyphosus bigibbus; Kyphosus vaigiensis; Macroalgae; Naso unicornis; Ningaloo Reef

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; SIZE;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; KYPHOSUS BIGIBBUS; KYPHOSUS VAIGIENSIS; NASO UNICORNIS; PISCES; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MYRIOCYSTUM;

EID: 84878376859     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10262     Document Type: Article

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