Dimethylsulfoniopropionate in corals and its interrelations with bacterial assemblages in coral surface mucus

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 252-265

  Frade, P R ^a,b   Schwaninger, V ^c   Glasl, B ^a   Sintes, E ^a   Hill, R W ^d   Simo R ^e   Herndl, G J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CURA; MEANDRINA MEANDRITES; PORITES ASTREOIDES; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84961575642     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: 14498979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN15023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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