Parrotfish grazing on turtlegrass Thalassia testudinum: evidence for the importance of seagrass consumption in food web dynamics of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

By Kevin D. Kirsch, J. Valentine, K. Heck. 2002

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Epiphytes of Seagrasses (2006, unknown): “testudinum sites (Kirsch et al., 2002).”
Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: A review and perspective (2016, methodology): “The most direct approach for detection and quantification of effects is a technique known as tethering (Kirsch et al., 2002; Tomas et al., 2005; Prado et al., 2007; Pages et al., 2014).”
Seagrass structural complexity and landscape configuration as determinants of tropical fish assemblage composition (2008, background): “Within the group of seagrass residents, most individuals were herbivores, comprising 46% of all specimens, and since a large part belongs to seagrass-grazing parrotfish, these may provide an important trophic link within the seagrass food web (Kirsch et al. 2002).”
Extensive direct measurements of Posidonia oceanica defoliation confirm the importance of herbivory in temperate seagrass meadows (2007, methodology): “A tethering experiment (Kirsch et al. 2002) was conducted to obtain direct quantification of Posidonia oceanica defoliation by macroherbivores.”
Simulated green turtle grazing affects structure and productivity of seagrass pastures (2005, background): “Parrotfish grazing on T. testudinum in the northern Florida Keys did not significantly decrease standing biomass, although parrotfish consumed substantial quantities of seagrass blades (Kirsch et al. 2002).”
Effects of herbivores on a Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow: importance of epiphytes (2005, background): “Despite the increasing number of studies in this field (e.g. Verlaque 1981, Valentine & Heck 1991, 2001, Cebrián & Duarte 1998, Mariani & Alcoverro 1999, Kirsch et al. 2002), the processes regulating seagrass–herbivore interactions are still poorly understood.”
Seagrass selection by omnivorous and herbivorous consumers: determining factors (2011, background): “For instance, T. testudinum from Perdido Bay (Florida, northern Gulf of Mexico), had nearly 2 times more lipids, 1.5 times more carbohydrates and 1.4 times more proteins than T. testudinum from our study site in St. Joe Bay (Prado et al. unpubl. data).”