Heterotrophic plasticity and resilience in bleached corals

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7088, 2006, Pages 1186-1189

  Grottoli, Andréa G ^a   Rodrigues, Lisa J ^b   Palardy, James E ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; SEAWATER;

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL SPECIES; HETEROTROPHIC PLASTICITY; PORITES COMPRESSA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

SEA WATER;

BLEACHING; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROTROPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; COLONY FORMATION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HETEROTROPHIC PLASTICITY; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICS; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL TIME; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; PORITES COMPRESSA; PORITES LOBATA;

EID: 33646382859     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04565     Document Type: Article

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