
Published:
26 June 2014
Online ISBN:
9780191779978
Print ISBN:
9780199682775
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The kaleidoscope in the water The kaleidoscope in the water
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Feeding ecology of reef fishes Feeding ecology of reef fishes
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Fish commensals Fish commensals
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Reef fish biomass, productivity, and fishing Reef fish biomass, productivity, and fishing
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Chapter
6 (page 65)p. 65Reef fish and other major predators
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Published:June 2014
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Sheppard, Charles, 'Reef fish and other major predators', Coral Reefs: A Very Short Introduction, 1st edn, Very Short Introductions (Oxford , 2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 26 June 2014), https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199682775.003.0006, accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Healthy reefs provide a habitat for an immense number of fish that come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colours. No other natural habitat in the ocean shows this diversity and abundance. About a quarter of all marine species may be found on coral reefs even though this habitat occupies only one or two per cent of the area of the earth. ‘Reef fish and other major predators’ describes the diverse feeding ecology of reef fishes; coral reef predators such as the colourful crown of thorns starfish, Acanthaster plancii; symbiotic relationships between different species of fish or with different invertebrates; and the dangers of overfishing in reef communities.
Keywords:
barrier reef, cleaner fish, diversity, fish, food chain, Indian Ocean, ocean, Red Sea, reef, trophic level
Subject
Zoology and Animal Sciences
Ecology and Conservation
Aquatic Biology
Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
Ecosystems
Series
Very Short Introductions
Collection:
Very Short Introductions
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