Effect of natural zooplankton feeding on the tissue and skeletal growth of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

Coral Reefs

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-240

  Ferrier Pages C ^c   Witting, J ^a   Tambutte E ^c   Sebens, K P ^b  

^a Sea Education Association   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Calcification; Capture rates; Coral; Feeding; Zooplankton; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CORAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH; INGESTION RATE; PREY CAPTURE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0142092412     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-003-0312-7     Document Type: Article

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