Key herbivores reveal limited functional redundancy on inshore coral reefs

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 963-972

  Johansson, C L ^a   van de Leemput, I A ^b   Depczynski, M ^c   Hoey, A S ^a   Bellwood, D R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Functional redundancy; Herbivores; Resilience; Response diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERBIVORE; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84888045584     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1044-y     Document Type: Article

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