Biological and chemical characteristics of the coral gastric cavity

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-156

  Agostini, S ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Higuchi, T ^a   Casareto, B E ^a   Yoshinaga, K ^a   Nakano, Y ^b   Fujimura, H ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c Department of Chemistry Biology and Marine Science ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Galaxea fascicularis; Gastric cavity; Microbiome; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; ALKALINITY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOME; CORAL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALAXEA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 84857144629     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0831-6     Document Type: Article

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