Fifty million years of herbivory on coral reefs: Fossils, fish and functional innovations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1781, 2014, Pages

  Bellwood, D R ^a   Goatley, C H R ^a   Brandl, S J ^a   Bellwood, O ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthuridae; Coral reef; Ecological processes; Evolution; Herbivory; Surgeonfish

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; EOCENE; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOSSIL; GROWTH GRADIENT; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRILOBITE;

ALLOMETRY; GROWTH CONTROL; GROWTH GRADIENT; MORPHOGEN; TRILOBITES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BODY PATTERNING; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOSSILS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; ITALY; MONTE BOLCA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; VENETO; VERONA;

EID: 84896862014     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3046     Document Type: Article

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