Seasonal variation of primary productivity and skeletal δ13C and δ18O in the zooxanthellate scleractinian coral Acropora formosa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 1997, Pages 109-117

  Juillet Leclerc, A ^a   Gattuso, J P ^b,c   Montaggioni, L F ^a   Pichon, M ^c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Acropora formosa; Productivity; Skeletal 13C and 18O

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA FORMOSA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0030707952     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps157109     Document Type: Article

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