Stable isotopes reveal limitations in C and N assimilation in the caribbean reef corals Madracis auretenra, M. carmabi and M. formosa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 412, Issue , 2010, Pages 103-112

  Maier, C ^a,b,c   Weinbauer, M G ^b,c   Patzold J ^d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Heterotrophy; Nitrogen limitation; Scleractinian coral; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPENSATION; CORAL REEF; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HETEROTROPHY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POLYP; PREY CAPTURE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER DEPTH; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; MADRACIS; MADRACIS CARMABI; MADRACIS FORMOSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77955930473     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08674     Document Type: Article

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