Influence of fish grazing and sedimentation on the early post-settlement survival of the tabular coral Acropora cytherea

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1051-1059

  Trapon, M L ^a   Pratchett, M S ^a   Hoey, A S ^a   Baird, A H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora cytherea; Grazing; Parrotfishes; Post settlement mortality; Scleractinian corals; Sediment; Turf algae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BIOMASS; CAPTIVITY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; SEDIMENTATION; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA CYTHEREA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SCARIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84888030546     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1059-4     Document Type: Article

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