Heterotrophic compensation: A possible mechanism for resilience of coral reefs to global warming or a sign of prolonged stress?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Hughes, Adam D ^a   Grottoli, Andréa G ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; TEMPERATURE STRESS; ZOOPLANKTON; AUTOTROPHY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOTROPHY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CARBON; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896710578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081172     Document Type: Article

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