Seagrass consumption by native and a tropically associated fish species: Potential impacts of the tropicalization of the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 520, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-173

  Heck, K L ^a,b   Fodrie, F J ^c   Madsen, S ^d   Baillie, C J ^e   Byron, D A ^a  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Halodule wrightii; Herbivory; Lagodon rhomboids; Nicholsina usta; Range shift; Stephanolepis hispidus; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENERGY FLUX; FISH; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; SEAGRASS; TROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; HALODULE WRIGHTII; LAGODON; NICHOLSINA USTA; PISCES; SCARIDAE; STEPHANOLEPIS HISPIDUS; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 84922309416     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11104     Document Type: Article

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