The relationship between heterotrophic feeding and inorganic nutrient availability in the scleractinian coral T. reniformis under a short-term temperature increase

• Published in: Limnology and oceanography Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 89 - 102
• Main Authors: Ezzat, Leïla, Towle, Erica, Irisson, Jean-Olivier, Langdon, Chris, Ferrier-Pagès, Christine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2016; John Wiley and Sons, Inc; Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Marine; Oceanography; Sciences of the Universe; Scleractinia; Turbinaria reniformis

Worldwide increase in seawater temperature represents one of the major threats affecting corals, which experience bleaching, and thereafter a significant decrease in photosynthesis and calcification. The impact of bleaching on coral physiology may be exacerbated when coupled with eutrophication, i.e...