Parrot fish behavior

This discussion topic submitted by Amy Kelley ( kellean@muohio.edu) at 10:20 pm on 3/22/00. Additions were last made on Tuesday, December 10, 2002.


I would like to teach the class about the behavior of parrot fish because they are an interesting part of coral reef ecology. This includes their feeding behavior, sex characteristics, sleeping behavior, as well as their effect on the parasitic community. They are a very interesting fish that actually sleep in a mucous ball during the night. These fish have always facinated me since I started my undergraduate degree in Marine Biology and I hope to make everyone else just as facinated.

Sources:
Bouchet Philippe, and D. Perrine. 1996. "More Gastropods Fedding at Night on Parrotfishes." Bulletin of Marine Science, vol.59 no.1: 224-228.

Bellwood David R. 1995. "Carbonate Transport and within-Reef Patterns of Bioerosion and Sediment Release by Parrotfisshes (family Scaridae) on the Great Barrier Reef." Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol.117: 127-136.

Bruggemann J., Kuyper M., and Breeman A. 1994. "Comparative Analysis of Foraging and Habitat use by the Sympatric Caribbean Parrotfish "Scarus veltula" and "Sarisoma viride" (Scaridae)." Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol.112: 51-66.

Girolamo M., Scaggiante M., and Rasotto M.B. 1999. "Social Organization and Sexual Pattern in the Mediterranean Parrotfish "Sparisoma cretense" (Teleostei: Scaridae)." Marine Biology, vol.135: 353-360.

Bruggemann J., Kuyper M., and Breeman A. 1994. "Foraging by the Stoplight Parrotfish "Sparisoma viride" I. Food Selection in Different, Socially Determined Habitats." Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol.106: 41-55.


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