Response of herbivore functional groups to sequential perturbations in Moorea, French Polynesia

Authors :: Andrew J. Brooks
Russell J. Schmitt
Sally J. Holbrook
Xueying Han
Thomas C. Adam
Source :: Coral Reefs. 35:999-1009
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
Abstract: The reefs surrounding the island of Moorea, French Polynesia, experienced two large pulse perturbations between 2008 and 2010, an outbreak of the crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster planci) followed by a cyclone, that resulted in the reduction in live coral cover on the fore reef from ~40 to

Subjects :: 0106 biological sciences
geography
Biomass (ecology)
geography.geographical_feature_category
Coral reef fish
Ecology
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Coral
Fringing reef
Detritivore
Acanthaster
Aquatic Science
Biology
biology.organism_classification
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Fishery
Aquaculture of coral
Reef

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