Carbon and nitrogen utilization in two species of Red Sea corals along a depth gradient: Insights from stable isotope analysis of total organic material and lipids

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5333-5342

  Alamaru, Ada ^a,b   Loya, Yossi ^a   Brokovich, Eran ^b,c   Yam, Ruth ^d   Shemesh, Aldo ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLONY; CORAL; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIPID; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIONT; WATER DEPTH;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; FAVIA FAVUS; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 68149098884     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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