Trophic ecology of large predatory reef fishes: Energy pathways, trophic level, and implications for fisheries in a changing climate

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-73

  Frisch, Ashley J ^a   Ireland, Matthew ^a   Baker, Ronald ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE OVERLAP; PERCIFORM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

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

LETHRINUS MINIATUS; LUTJANUS CARPONOTATUS; PISCES; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; PLECTROPOMUS MACULATUS;

EID: 84892491247     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2315-4     Document Type: Article

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