Dynamic regulation of partner abundance mediates response of reef coral symbioses to environmental change

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1411-1420

  Cunning, R ^a,d   Vaughan, N ^a   Gillette, P ^a   Capo, T R ^a   Mate, J L ^b   Baker, A C ^a,c   Morgan, S G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Benefits and costs; Context dependence; Coral; Density dependence; Dinoflagellates; Mutualism; Optimality model; Pocillopora damicorni; Population dynamics; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; MUTUALISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; POCILLOPORA; SYMBIODINIUM;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CORAL REEFS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84975594307     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0449.1     Document Type: Article

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