Heterotrophic and autotrophic assimilation of fatty acids by two scleractinian corals, montastraea faveolata and porites astreoides

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1285-1296

  Teece, Mark A ^a   Estes, Benjamin ^a   Gelsleichter, Eric ^a   Lirman, Diego ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLONY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENERGY RESOURCE; FATTY ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HETEROTROPHY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; NICHE PARTITIONING; ZOOXANTHELLA;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; PORITES ASTREOIDES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 79958846245     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1285     Document Type: Article

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