The Montastraea faveolata microbiome: Ecological and temporal influences on a Caribbean reef-building coral in decline

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2082-2094

  Kimes, Nikole E ^a,e   Johnson, Wesley R ^b   Torralba, Manolito ^c   Nelson, Karen E ^c   Weil, Ernesto ^d   Morris, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b US Department of Commerce   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTA; GENES, RRNA; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEASONS;

ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84880043485     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12130     Document Type: Article

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