Biological oxygen demand optode analysis of coral reef-associated microbial communities exposed to algal exudates

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gregg, A K ^a   Hatay, M ^a   Haas, A F ^a   Robinett, N L ^a   Barott, K ^b   Vermeij, M J A ^c,d   Marhaver, K L ^c,f   Meirelles, P ^e   Thompson, F ^e   Rohwer, F ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity (CARMABI)   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biological oxygen demand; CCA; Coral; Coral algal interaction; DOC; Microbe; Optode; Oxygen; Turf algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; DNA SEQUENCE; EUTROPHICATION; EXUDATE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYPOXIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84885156072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.107     Document Type: Article

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