First evidence for zooplankton feeding sustaining key physiological processes in a scleractinian cold-water coral

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3570-3576

  Naumann, Malik S ^a,b   Orejas, Covadonga ^c,d   Wild, Christian ^b   Ferrier Pagès, Christine ^a  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

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

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d Marine Culture Units El Bocal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcification; Carbon budget; Cold water coral; Deep sea; Desmophyllum dianthus; Feeding ecology; Mediterranean; Organic matter release; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTHOZOA; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; COLD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ARTEMIA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CARBON; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTHOZOA; ARTEMIA SALINA; DESMOPHYLLUM DIANTHUS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 80054690175     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.061390     Document Type: Article

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