Site-level variation in parrotfish grazing and bioerosion as a function of species-specific feeding metrics

• Main Authors: Lange, Ines D., Perry, Chris T., Morgan, Kyle Meredith, Roche, Ronan, Benkwitt, Cassandra E., Graham, Nicholas A. J.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Coral Reef; Parrotfish
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146147
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Parrotfish provide important ecological functions on coral reefs, including the provision of new settlement space through grazing and the generation of sediment through bioerosion of reef substrate. Estimating these functions at an ecosystem level depends on accurately quantifying the functional imp...