Nutritional ecology of nominally herbivorous fishes on coral reefs

By D. Crossman, JH Choat, Kendall D. Clements. 2005

135 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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In Aquatic Science

1. D. Bellwood
2. David Raubenheimer
3. Kendall D. Clements
4. JH Choat
5. Geoffrey P. Jones
6. S. Wilson
7. P. Munday

In Ecology

1. M. Pratchett
2. Nicholas A. J. Graham
3. S. Wilson
4. D. Bellwood
5. Geoffrey P. Jones
6. Nicholas Polunin
7. P. Munday
8. A. Hoey

In Global and Planetary Change

1. M. Pratchett
2. Nicholas A. J. Graham
3. S. Wilson
4. D. Bellwood
5. Geoffrey P. Jones
6. Nicholas Polunin
7. P. Munday
8. A. Hoey

Citations in the corpus

• Size-dependent variation in the functional role of the parrotfish Scarus rivulatus on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (2008, result): “…of many herbivorous reef fish species and support previous studies, which found that many ‘herbivorous’ reef fishes (nominally herbivorous fishes sensu Choat et al. 2002) feed mostly on detritus and the EAM rather than macroalgae (e.g. Choat et al. 2002, Wilson et al. 2003, Crossman et al. 2005).”
• Nutritional ecology of marine herbivorous fishes: ten years on (2009, background): “However, these taxa may display species-specific differences in nutrient intake and assimilation which allow the co-existence of closely related species (see Crossman et al. 2005 ).”
• Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes - ecological and economic consequences (2008, background): “…et al. 2003). indeed there are relatively few fish species that ingest substantial quantities of macroalgae (choat 1991, choat et al. 2002, 2004, crossman et al. 2005, but see Mantyka & bellwood 2007) and the presence of macroalgae tends to discourage the presence of many ‘herbivorous’ fish…”
• Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages (2016, background): “Detritovore feeding mechanisms: Some previous studies, including our own, categorised Indo-Pacific Scarus and Chlorurus species as detritivores that target organic detritus and microalgae (e.g. Choat et al., 2002; Wilson et al., 2003; Crossman et al., 2005; Carassou et al., 2008; Price et al., 2010;”
• Community structure and diet of roving herbivorous reef fishes in the Abrolhos Archipelago, south‐western Atlantic (2006, background): “It appears that A. coeruleus has a similar nutritional strategy to Acanthurus lineatus (L.) (Choat et al., 2004; Crossman et al., 2005), in which moderate levels of fermentation produce acetate from red and green algae with acid lysis occurring in the thin-walled stomach, in contrast to the…”