Nutrient-induced perturbations to δ13C and δ15N in symbiotic dinoflagellates and their coral hosts

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 280, Issue , 2004, Pages 105-114

  Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a   Muscatine, Leonard ^b   Goiran, Claire ^b   Siggaard, Dorthe ^a   Marion, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; ENCORE; Eutrophication; Experimental geochemistry; Fertilizer use; Heliofungia; Nutrients; Pocillopora; 15N

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERTURBATION; SYMBIONT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; HELIOFUNGIA; HELIOFUNGIA ACTINIFORMIS; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 8444228309     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps280105     Document Type: Article

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