Abstract
The grazing activities of the tropical echinoid Diadema antillarum Philippi can markedly influence the structure of the shallow-water epibenthic coral reef community. The elimination of an entire Diadema population from a patch reef in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands resulted in a great increase in macro-algal biomass, alterations in species composition, shifts in dominance, an increase in species numbers, and a decrease in equitability....
Recommended Citation
Sammarco, Paul W., Jeffrey S. Levinton, and John C. Ogden. 1974. "Grazing and control of coral reef community structure by Diadema antillarum Philippi (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): A preliminary study." Journal of Marine Research 32, (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1277