Nitrate competition in a coral symbiosis varies with temperature among Symbiodinium clades

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1248-1251

  Baker, David M ^a,d   Andras, Jason P ^b   Jordán Garza, Adán Guillermo ^c   Fogel, Marilyn L ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coral; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRATE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONSPECIFIC; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; NITRATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBON; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; NITRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ACROPORA TENUIS; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84878314084     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.12     Document Type: Article

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