Release of particulate and dissolved organic carbon by the scleractinian coral Acropora formosa

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 861-870

  Nakajima, Ryota ^a   Yoshida, Teruaki ^b   Fujita, Kiyoto ^a   Nakayama, Asami ^a   Fuchinoue, Yumi ^a   Othman, Bin Haji Ross ^b   Toda, Tatsuki ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER;

ACROPORA FORMOSA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77958602434     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2009.1069     Document Type: Article

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