Effects of habitat-conditioning by the damselfish Stegastes nigricans (Lacepède) on the community structure of benthic algae

An experimental study on the effects of

An experimental study on the effects of grazing by parrotfishes and role of refuges in benthic community structure

✍ R. E. Brock 📂 Article 📅 1979 🏛 Springer-Verlag 🌐 English ⚖ 769 KB

In an experimental study on the effect of parrotfish (probably Scarus taeniurus) grazing on the structure of benthic reef communities, fishes in densities of 0.6 to 1.5 parrotfish per m 2 or 9 to 17 g wet weight of fish per m 2 of feeding surface were found to have an optimum effect, resulting in th