Molecular assessment of heterotrophy and prey digestion in zooxanthellate cnidarians

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3838-3848

  Leal, M C ^a,b   Nejstgaard, J C ^b   Calado, R ^a   Thompson, M E ^b   Frischer, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aiptasia; digestion; dla qPCR; predator prey interaction; qPCR; scleractinian corals

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; AIPTASIA; ANTHOZOA; ARANEAE; CNIDARIA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; OCULINA ARBUSCULA; SCLERACTINIA;

DNA;

AIPTASIA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGESTION; DLA-QPCR; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CHAIN; HETEROTROPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QPCR; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; SEA ANEMONE; TIME;

AIPTASIA; DIGESTION; DLA-QPCR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QPCR; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DIGESTION; DNA; FOOD CHAIN; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEA ANEMONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904701465     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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