How Herbivorous Fishes Have Interacted with Seaweeds and Their Beds

Accession number;06A0659977
Title;How Herbivorous Fishes Have Interacted with Seaweeds and Their Beds
Author; FUJITA DAISUKE (Tokyo Univ. Marine Sci. and Technol., JPN)
Journal Title;Fisheries Engineering
Journal Code:F0449B
ISSN:0916-7617
VOL.43;NO.1;PAGE.53-58(2006)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, REF.28
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Recently, browsing by herbivorous fishes has been paid attention as a causative agent of seaweed/seagrass bed reduction in warm temperate waters of Japan. Although occurrence of these fishes has been known for > 100 years, information on their ecology and resource levels has been quite limited. To evaluate the above phenomenon, roles and interactions of marine plants and herbivores were reviewed with special reference to the feeding ecology of herbivorous fishes in the world. The recent prevalence of destructive herbivorous fishes in Japan is very unique enough to reconsider coastal changes and overfishing rather than elevation of water temperature. (author abst.)