Carbohydrate composition of mucus released by scleractinian warm- and cold-water reef corals

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-45

  Wild, Christian ^a   Naumann, Malik ^a   Niggl, Wolfgang ^a   Haas, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate microbes; Chemical composition; Cold water coral; Degradability; Mucus; Warm water coral

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; FUNGIA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77954475197     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00269     Document Type: Article

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