Between-habitat variation of benthic cover, reef fish assemblage and feeding pressure on the benthos at the only atoll in South Atlantic: Rocas atoll, NE Brazil

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Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Longo, G O ^a   Morais, R A ^a   Martins, C D L ^a   Mendes, T C ^b   Aued, A W ^a   Candido D V ^a   De Oliveira, J C ^a   Nunes, L T ^a   Fontoura, L ^a   Sissini, M N ^a   Teschima, M M ^a   Silva, M B ^c   Ramlov, F ^a   Gouvea, L P ^a   Ferreira, C E L ^b,d   Segal, B ^a,d   Horta, P A ^a,d   Floeter, S R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Coral Vivo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; FEEDING PRESSURE; FISH; HERBIVORE; MELICHTHYS NIGER; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRESSURE; REEF FISH ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES HABITAT; THALASSOMA NORONHANUM; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS; ALGAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; DIGENEA SIMPLEX; MOLLUSCA; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; PISCES; RHODOPHYTA; THALASSOMA NORONHANUM; VERMETIDAE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; PRESSURE;

EID: 84936818620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127176     Document Type: Article

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