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Zgliczynski, Brian Jon.

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The direct and indirect effects of predators on coral reef fish assemblages.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The direct and indirect effects of predators on coral reef fish assemblages./
作者:	Zgliczynski, Brian Jon.
面頁冊數:	202 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-08B(E).
標題:	Ecology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3685776
ISBN:	9781321622058

The direct and indirect effects of predators on coral reef fish assemblages.
Zgliczynski, Brian Jon.

The direct and indirect effects of predators on coral reef fish assemblages. - 202 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2015.

The removal of apex predators is widely recognized to have broad ecological consequences for terrestrial and aquatic communities. In marine systems, the direct effects of fisheries exploitation include altering the community standing stock (biomass), species composition, and size-structure of the fish assemblage. Although the direct effects of fisheries exploitation are well documented, there is increasing evidence that the non-lethal effects of predation can also strongly influence the structure and function of ecological communities. In this dissertation I set out to increase our understanding of the effects of predators on coral reef fish assemblages by conducting a series of large-scale natural experiments across groups of Pacific islands spanning gradients of human population density and oceanographic productivity within four distinct geopolitical regions.

ISBN: 9781321622058Subjects--Topical Terms:

516476
Ecology.

The direct and indirect effects of predators on coral reef fish assemblages.
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