Heterotrophic feeding by gorgonian corals with symbiotic zooxanthella

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1170-1179

  Ribes, Marta ^a   Coma, Rafel ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HETEROTROPHY; PLANKTON;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; PLEXAURA FLEXUOSA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PSEUDOPLEXAURA POROSA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0031784701     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.6.1170     Document Type: Article

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