Ammonium excretion by a symbiotic sponge supplies the nitrogen requirements of its rhodophyte partner

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3505-3511

  Davy, Simon K ^a,c   Trautman, Donelle A ^a,b   Borowitzka, Michael A ^b   Hinde, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratodictyon spongiosum; Haliclona cymiformis; Nitrogen flux; Rhodophyte; Sponge; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; NITROGEN; PORIFERA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CERATODICTYON SPONGIOSUM; EUKARYOTA; HALICLONA; HALICLONA CYMIFORMIS; PORIFERA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0036861594     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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