Net release of dissolved organic matter by the scleractinian coral Acropora pulchra

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-106

  Tanaka, Yasuaki ^a   Miyajima, Toshihiro ^a   Umezawa, Yu ^b   Hayashibara, Takeshi ^c   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Koike, Isao ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Corals; Dissolved amino acids; Dissolved organic matter; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLONY STRUCTURE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRACER; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACROPORA PULCHRA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 68149172751     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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