Biophysical drivers of coral trophic depth zonation
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Bathymetric distributions of photosynthetic marine invertebrate species are relatively well studied, however the importance of symbiont zonation (i.e. hosting of distinct algal endosymbiont communities over depth) in determining these depth distributions still remains unclear. Here, we assess the prevalence of symbiont zonation in tropical scleractinian corals by genotyping the Symbiodinium of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Marine Biology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0025-3162,1432-1793
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-018-3314-2