Functional significance of dinitrogen fixation in sustaining coral productivity under oligotrophic conditions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1818, 2015, Pages

  Cardini, Ulisse ^a,f   Bednarz, Vanessa N ^a   Naumann, Malik S ^a   van Hoytema, Nanne ^a   Rix, Laura ^a   Foster, Rachel A ^b   Al Rshaidat, Mamoon M D ^c,d   Wild, Christian ^a,e  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Laboratory for Molecular Microbial Ecology (LaMME)   (Jordan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diazotrophs; Hermatypic corals; Nitrogen fixation; Organic matter release; Photosynthesis; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EGYPT; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT];

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PROKARYOTA; SYMBIODINIUM;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; INDIAN OCEAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; INDIAN OCEAN; LIGHT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84945911965     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2257     Document Type: Article

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