Spatial and temporal variations in stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic composition of symbiotic scleractinian corals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Nahon, Sarah ^a,b   Richoux, Nicole B ^b   Kolasinski, Joanna ^b,c   Desmalades, Martin ^a   Pages, Christine Ferrier ^d   Lecellier, Gael ^a,e   Planes, Serge ^a   Lecellier, Véronique Berteaux ^a  

^a Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (France)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^d Centre Scientifique de Monaco   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; CORAL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HETEROTROPHY; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYMBIONT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SYMBIONT; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURBIDITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84891411804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081247     Document Type: Article

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