Changes in morphology and diet of the coral Stylophora pistillata along a depth gradient

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 167-174

  Einbinder, Shai ^a,b   Mass, Tali ^a,b   Brokovich, Eran ^a,b   Dubinsky, Zvy ^c   Erez, Jonathan ^a,b   Tchernov, Dan ^a,b  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

13C; Calcification; Corals; Deep coral reef; Light; Skeleton; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CALCIFICATION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DIET; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIOSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 65649123017     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07908     Document Type: Article

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