Metabolic plasticity of the corals Porites lutea and Diploastrea heliopora exposed to large amplitude internal waves

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 57-69

  Roder, C ^a,b   Jantzen, C ^a,b   Schmidt, G M ^a   Kattner, G ^a   Phongsuwan, N ^c   Richter, C ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Coral metabolism; Diploastrea heliopora; Disturbance; Large amplitude internal waves; Porites lutea

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INTERNAL WAVE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; SYMBIONT;

PHANGNGA; SIMILAN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

ANTHOZOA; DIPLOASTREA HELIOPORA; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; PORITES LUTEA;

EID: 79955824943     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0722-x     Document Type: Article

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