Heterotrophy in recruits of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 313-320

  Toh, Tai Chong ^a   Peh, Jia Wei Kassler ^a   Chou, Loke Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Artemia salina; coral; feeding strategies; juvenile; scleractinian; video sequences; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING MECHANISM; HETEROTROPHY; JUVENILE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTHOZOA; ARTEMIA SALINA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84885055623     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236244.2013.832890     Document Type: Article

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