foraging of herbivorous fish

Peter J Mumby p.j.mumby at sheffield.ac.uk
Sat May 2 16:46:42 UTC 1998


Dear Coral-listers,

Does anyone know of any literature on the influence of food patchiness on
the grazing efficiency (rate) of herbivorous fish? For example, how does
algal patch size and distribution affect the likelihood of a patch being
grazed by parrotfish?

I've made a fairly thorough search of the literature but haven't found
anything explicitly on this spatial issue. Any feedback would be gratefully
received.

Best wishes,

Pete

Dr Peter J. Mumby
Research Fellow

Department of Geography
University of Sheffield
Winter Street
Sheffield
S10 2TN
E-mail: p.j.mumby at sheffield.ac.uk
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