Is the coral-algae symbiosis really ‘mutually beneficial’ for the partners? Scott Wooldridge DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900182 · Source: PubMed In terms of the demand for CO2(aq), an enlarged endosymbiont population increases the likelihood of CO2(aq) becoming a limiting internal substrate during periods of peak photosynthesis [18, 19]. Several environmental factors favour increased zooxanthellae densities (particularly on a per host […]
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Fast Growth May Impair Regeneration Capacity in the Branching Coral Acropora muricata
Fast Growth May Impair Regeneration Capacity in the Branching Coral Acropora muricata Vianney Denis, Mireille M. M. Guillaume, Madeleine Goutx, Stéphane de Palmas, Julien Debreuil, Andrew C. Baker, Roxane K. Boonstra, J. Henrich Bruggemann Research Article | published 30 Aug 2013 PLOS ONE http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072618 At the sheltered site characterized by high temperatures, temperature variations, and irradiance levels, regeneration […]
Trophic dynamics of scleractinian corals: stable isotope evidence
Trophic dynamics of scleractinian corals: stable isotope evidence Pascale Tremblay, Jean François Maguer, Renaud Grover, Christine Ferrier-Pagès The Journal of Experimental Biology 2015 218: 1223-1234; doi: 10.1242/jeb.115303 Many interesting points and observations about nutrient usage in this one, but going with this quote: …heterotrophy is an important process for the acquisition of nutrients, especially nitrogen, and the build up of the coral biomass, […]
Bacterivory in algae: A survival strategy during nutrient limitation
Article Link: Bacterivory in algae: A survival strategy during nutrient limitation Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Table of Contents, Vol. 38 (2), 1993 NYGAARD, KARI, AND AUGUST TOBIESEN “Bacterivory in algae: A survival strategy during nutrient limitation” p.273-279 PDF Link Bacteria have a high P content even when phosphate is limited (Andersen […]
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