Species diversity of the coral reef - a note on the role of predation and of adjacent habitats.

Y. Ayal, U. N. Safriel

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Abstract

Predation pressure exerted upon organisms of the reef habitat is positively correlated with the availability of surrounding non- reef habitats. Because the high level of predation maintains high species diversity within the reef, the importance of non-reef habitats is not just in providing, through predation, an influx of energy of the coral reef, but by reinforcing, through predation, the reef's own species diversity.-from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)787-790
Number of pages4
JournalBulletin of Marine Science
Volume32
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1982
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oceanography
  • Aquatic Science

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