Temporal and spatial variation in the δ15N and δ13C of coral tissue and zooxanthellae in Montastraea faveolata collected from the Florida reef tract

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1049-1058

  Swart, Peter K ^a   Saied, Amel ^a   Lamb, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CORAL; MONITORING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA;

EID: 22844441212     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.4.1049     Document Type: Article

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