Table 1 Herbivores observed at the study site during the experimental period (2010–2013).

From: Coral Reef Resilience, Tipping Points and the Strength of Herbivory

Family

Species

Proportional biomass

Acanthuridae

Acanthurus nigricauda

0.02

Acanthurus nigrofuscus

0.02

Acanthurus olivaceus

0.02

Acanthurus pyroferus

0.01

Ctenochaetus striatus

0.19

Naso lituratus

0.02

Zebrasoma scopas

0.05

Scaridae

Chlorurus spilurus

0.25

Scarus forsteni

0.02

Scarus globiceps

0.01

Scarus oviceps

0.03

Scarus psittacus

0.35

Scarus rubroviolaceus

0.01

  1. Proportional biomass is the mean proportion of the total herbivore biomass contributed by each species over the four-year period. Note that species that contributed <1% of the total herbivore biomass have been excluded from the table.
  2. A complete list of proportional biomass of all herbivorous fishes at the study site is in Supplementary Table 1.
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