Effect of light and feeding on the nitrogen isotopic composition of a zooxanthellate coral: Role of nitrogen recycling

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 392, Issue , 2009, Pages 103-110

  Reynaud, S ^a   Martinez, P ^b   Houlbreque F ^a,c   Billy, I ^a,b   Allemand, D ^a   Ferrier Pages C ^a  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; Culture; Feeding; Nitrogen isotopic composition; Stylophora pistillata; Tissues; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOPLANKTON; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 70350342291     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08195     Document Type: Article

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