First experimental evidence of corals feeding on seagrass matter

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1061-1064

  Lai, S ^a   Gillis, L G ^b   Mueller, C ^b   Bouma, T J ^b   Guest, J R ^c   Last, K S ^d   Ziegler, A D ^a   Todd, P A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral heterotrophy; Habitat connectivity; Nutrient transfer; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CORAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; INGESTION RATE; MEADOW; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTHOZOA; OULASTREA CRISPATA;

EID: 84888062381     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1062-9     Document Type: Article

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