The influence of flow velocity and suspended particulate concentration on net prey capture rates by the scleractinian coral Balanophyllia europaea (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 687-696

  Purser, Autun ^a   Orejas, Covadonga ^b   Moje, Annika ^a   Thomsen, Laurenz ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

cup coral; flow rates; Gulf of Lions; Mediterranean; net prey capture; particulate exposure; Scleractinia; temperate coral

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW VELOCITY; POLYP; PREY CAPTURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; ZOOXANTHELLA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; ARTEMIA SALINA; BALANOPHYLLIA EUROPAEA; DENDROPHYLLIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84899471605     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315414000046     Document Type: Article

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