Coral microbial community dynamics in response to anthropogenic impacts near a major city in the central Red Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 629-640

  Ziegler, Maren ^a   Roik, Anna ^a   Porter, Adam ^b   Zubier, Khalid ^c   Mudarris, Mohammed S ^c   Ormond, Rupert ^c,d   Voolstra, Christian R ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Coral reef; Environmental impact; Pollution; Red Sea; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MICROORGANISMS; POLLUTION; REEFS; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; RED SEA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENTATION;

ACROPORA HEMPRICHII; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POCILLOPORA VERRUCOSA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIONACEAE; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; CORAL REEF; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIAN OCEAN; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; JEDDAH; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACROPORA HEMPRICHII; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POCILLOPORA VERRUCOSA; RHODOBACTERACEAE; VIBRIONACEAE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; INDIAN OCEAN; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS; URBANIZATION; VIBRIONACEAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84952937090     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.045     Document Type: Article

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