Effect of light and zooplankton on skeletal δ13C values in the eastern Pacific corals Pavona clavus and Pavona gigantea

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-41

  Grottoli, A G ^a,b   Wellington, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Light Zooplankton; Skeletal 13C

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; LIGHT EFFECT; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CLAVUS; INVERTEBRATA; PAVONA CLAVUS; PAVONA GIGANTEA;

EID: 0032770892     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050150     Document Type: Article

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