Role of elevated organic carbon levels and microbial activity in coral mortality

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 314, Issue , 2006, Pages 119-125

  Kline, David I ^a,b,c   Kuntz, Neilan M ^b,c   Breitbart, Mya ^b   Knowlton, Nancy ^a,c   Rohwer, Forest ^b,d  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Caribbean; Coral; Coral reef decline; Dissolved organic carbon; Montastraea; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION DECLINE; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33745624562     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps314119     Document Type: Article

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