Mass coral spawning: A natural large-scale nutrient addition experiment

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 997-1013

  Eyre, Bradley D ^a   Glud, Ronnie N ^b,c   Patten, Nicole ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPAWNING;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 42549130681     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.3.0997     Document Type: Article

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