Gut characteristics and assimilation efficiencies in two species of herbivorous damselfishes (Pomacentridae: Stegastes dorsopunicans and S. planifrons)

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• absorption efficiency 22%
• archipelago 15%
• assimilation efficiency 91%
• carbohydrate 15%
• diatom 14%
• diet 27%
• digestion 15%
• ecosystem 9%
• energy 15%
• feces 35%
• fish 19%
• food 10%
• herbivore 16%
• index 8%
• lipid 13%
• nutrient 31%
• protein 45%
• reef 27%
• travel 14%
• trophic level 15%

Agriculture & Biology

• assimilation (physiology) 58%
• Bacillariophyceae 4%
• carbohydrates 3%
• diet 5%
• dietary protein 10%
• digestion 3%
• digestive system 51%
• ecosystems 3%
• energy 5%
• feces 7%
• fish 5%
• herbivores 4%
• intestines 24%
• lipids 2%
• nutrients 8%
• Panama 5%
• pellets 4%
• Pomacentridae 86%
• proteins 3%
• reefs 10%
• Stegastes 100%
• travel 5%
• trophic levels 5%