| Title |
Changing Patterns of Microhabitat Utilization by the Threespot Damselfish, Stegastes planifrons, on Caribbean Reefs
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0010835 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
William F. Precht, Richard B. Aronson, Ryan M. Moody, Les Kaufman |
| Abstract |
The threespot damselfish, Stegastes planifrons (Cuvier), is important in mediating interactions among corals, algae, and herbivores on Caribbean coral reefs. The preferred microhabitat of S. planifrons is thickets of the branching staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis. Within the past few decades, mass mortality of A. cervicornis from white-band disease and other factors has rendered this coral a minor ecological component throughout most of its range. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 181 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| Mexico | 3 | 2% |
| Bermuda | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Jamaica | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 169 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 35 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 33 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 15% |
| Other | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 25 | 14% |
| Unknown | 15 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 101 | 56% |
| Environmental Science | 45 | 25% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Engineering | 4 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 3% |
| Unknown | 17 | 9% |