Herbivory in Asymbiotic Soft Corals
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Summary
A zooxanthellae-free soft coral from the Red Sea feeds almost exclusively on phytoplankton, a mode of nutrition so far unknown for corals, to be highly productive in flow-exposed oligotrophic reef waters.
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- article
- Published
- 1995-04-07
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 14
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Keywords
Zooxanthellae, Coral, Phytoplankton, Coral reef, Cnidaria
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