Opportunistic feeding by the fungiid coral Fungia scruposa on the moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 865-865

  Alamaru, A ^a   Bronstein, O ^a   Dishon, G ^b,c   Loya, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JELLYFISH; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANTHOZOA; AURELIA AURITA; FUNGIA SCRUPOSA; FUNGIIDAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 70350582766     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0507-7     Document Type: Article

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