Motile cryptofauna of a coral reef: abundance, distribution and trophic potential

Author(s)

Klumpp.D.W

McKinnon.A.D

Mundy.C.N

Publisher

Australian Institute fo Marine science

Publication Year:

1988

Publication Place

Queensland, Australia

Physical Description:

14 pages; tables

Call Number

VF 41158

Language

English

Record ID:

13693

Legacy PEIN ID:

53586

General Notes

Introduction, Materials and Methods, sample analysis, data analysis, calculation of ingestion rate, results, substratum characteristics, abundance and distribution of cryptofauna, biomass, seasonal comparison, factors affecting community composition, food consumption rate, discussion, coral reef cryptofaunal communities, damselfish territories: a refuge for cryptofauna, factors influencing cryptofaunal abundance, trophic potential

Subject Heading(s)

The major groups of motile cryptofauna inhabiting dead coral substrata across several environmental zones of Davies Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia, have been quantified.

Environment - Protection - Samoa