Physiological and Biogeochemical Traits of Bleaching and Recovery in the Mounding Species of Coral Porites lobata: Implications for Resilience in Mounding Corals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Levas, Stephen J ^a   Grottoli, Andréa G ^a   Hughes, Adam ^b   Osburn, Christopher L ^c,d   Matsui, Yohei ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BLEACHING; BREATHING; CALCIFICATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENERGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORITES LOBATA; SKELETON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; PORITES LOBATA;

EID: 84877033888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063267     Document Type: Article

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