Feeding preferences of two seagrass grazing monacanthid fishes

Wressnig, A; Booth, DJ

Feeding preferences of two seagrass grazing monacanthid fishes

Wressnig, A Booth, DJ

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Citation:: Journal of Fish Biology, 2007, 71 (1), pp. 272 - 278
Issue Date:: 2007-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wressnig, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Booth, DJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8256-1412	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Fish Biology, 2007, 71 (1), pp. 272 - 278	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-1112	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/3919
dc.description.abstract	Two seagrass grazing fishes, Meuschenia freycineti and Meuschenia trachylepis (Monacanthidae), were offered three choices of Posidonia australis seagrass blades of different epiphyte coverage and leaf age to determine whether these fishes exhibit a preference for epiphyte-covered seagrass blades. Both species removed significantly more biomass of the epiphyte-covered blades than of the two other blade types in multiple-choice tests. This clear preference for epiphyte-covered seagrass blades results in a preferred removal of older blades within the seagrass shoot of P. australis. © 2007 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Fish Biology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01472.x	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Fisheries	en_US
dc.title	Feeding preferences of two seagrass grazing monacanthid fishes	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	71	en_US
utslib.for	0602 Ecology	en_US
utslib.for	0608 Zoology	en_US
utslib.for	0704 Fisheries Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	71	en_US

Abstract:

Two seagrass grazing fishes, Meuschenia freycineti and Meuschenia trachylepis (Monacanthidae), were offered three choices of Posidonia australis seagrass blades of different epiphyte coverage and leaf age to determine whether these fishes exhibit a preference for epiphyte-covered seagrass blades. Both species removed significantly more biomass of the epiphyte-covered blades than of the two other blade types in multiple-choice tests. This clear preference for epiphyte-covered seagrass blades results in a preferred removal of older blades within the seagrass shoot of P. australis. © 2007 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

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