Imbalanced coral growth between organic tissue and carbonate skeleton caused by nutrient enrichment

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1139-1146

  Tanaka, Yasuaki ^a   Miyajima, Toshihiro ^a   Koike, Isao ^a   Hayashibara, Takeshi ^b   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CARBON FIXATION; CORAL; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SKELETON; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACROPORA PULCHRA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34249649647     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.3.1139     Document Type: Article

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