Global assessment of the status of coral reef herbivorous fishes: Evidence for fishing effects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1774, 2013, Pages

  Edwards, C B ^a   Friedlander, A M ^b   Green, A G ^c   Hardt, M J ^d   Sala, E ^e   Sweatman, H P ^f   Williams, I D ^g   Zgliczynski, B ^a   Sandin, S A ^a   Smith, J E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d OceanInk   (United States)

^e NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^g PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishing; Herbivory; Macroalgae and turf algae; Phase shift; Reef fish; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISH; FISHING EFFORT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY; FISHING; GEOGRAPHY; HERBIVORY; MACROALGAE AND TURF ALGAE; PHASE SHIFT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEF-FISH; RESILIENCE;

FISHING; HERBIVORY; MACROALGAE AND TURF ALGAE; PHASE SHIFT; REEF-FISH; RESILIENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; FISHERIES; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84900403770     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1835     Document Type: Article

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