Trophic ecology of the facultative symbiotic coral Oculina arbuscula

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 504, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-179

  Leal, Miguel C ^a,b   Ferrier Pagès, Christine ^c   Calado, Ricardo ^a   Brandes, Jay A ^b   Frischer, Marc E ^b   Nejstgaard, Jens C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Aposymbiotic; Autotrophy; Heterotrophy; Stable isotopes; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CORAL REEF; ENDOSYMBIONT; HETEROTROPHY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIOSIS; TROPHIC CONTROL;

EID: 84902123084     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10750     Document Type: Article

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