To Feed or Not to Feed? Coral Reef Fish Responses to Artificial Feeding and Stakeholder Perceptions in the Aitutaki Lagoon, Cook Islands

To Feed or Not to Feed? Coral Reef Fish Responses to Artificial Feeding and Stakeholder Perceptions in the Aitutaki Lagoon, Cook Islands

Feeding wild animals is a regular habit in ecotourism worldwide with poorly known consequences for ecosystem functioning. This study investigates how effective bread feeding is at attracting coral reef fish in the South Pacific, which feeding groups of fish are most attracted, and how natural foragi...

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Main Authors: Natalie Prinz, Richard Story, Stephen Lyon, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Sonia Bejarano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
coral reef
tourism
ecosystem function
foraging rates
provisioning
supplementary feeding
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00145/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00145/full

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