Cross-continental shelf trends in coral δ15N on the Great Barrier Reef: Further consideration of the reef nutrient paradox

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 1999, Pages 131-138

  Sammarco, P W ^a   Risk, M J ^b   Schwarcz, H P ^b   Heikoop, J M ^b,c  

^a Louisiana Universities Mar C   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; Nutrient sources; Trophic shifts; Upwelling; 15N

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; LOBATA; PORITES LOBATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0033519372     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps180131     Document Type: Article

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