Quantifying patterns of fish herbivory on Palmyra Atoll (USA), an uninhabited predator-dominated central Pacific coral reef

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 501, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-155

  Hamilton, Scott L ^a   Smith, Jennifer E ^b   Price, Nichole N ^b   Sandin, Stuart A ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral foraging observations; Bite rates; Defecation rates; Grazing impacts; Macroalgae; Parrotfish; Surgeonfish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898639155     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10684     Document Type: Article

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