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Seabird nutrients are assimilated by corals and enhance coral growth rates

Nutrient subsidies across ecotone boundaries can enhance productivity in the recipient ecosystem, especially if the nutrients are transferred from a nutrient rich to an oligotrophic ecosystem. This study demonstrates that seabird nutrients from islands are assimilated by endosymbionts in corals on f...

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Autor principal: Savage, Candida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6414626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30862902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41030-6