In situ oxygen dynamics in coral-algal interactions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wangpraseurt, Daniel ^a,b,f   Weber, Miriam ^b,c   Røy, Hans ^d   Polerecky, Lubos ^b   de Beer, Dirk ^b   Suharsono, ^e   Nugues, Maggy M ^a,g  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HYDRA Institute for Marine Sciences   (Italy)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 84856487423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031192     Document Type: Article

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