Responses of massive and branching coral species to the combined effects of water temperature and nitrate enrichment

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-268

  Schlöder, Carmen ^a,b   D'Croz, Luis ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Coral zooxanthella symbiosis; ENSO; Nitrate enrichment; Sea warming; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SYMBIOSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA; LOBATA; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; PORITES; PORITES LOBATA;

EID: 8444251076     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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