Symbiont genus determines the trophic strategy of corals: Implications for intraspecific competition for energy sources in coral reefs

Coral reefs are typically found in nutrient-limited waters, which may restrict the growth and expansion of corals. Nevertheless, corals are mixotrophs that may adjust to the variation in the availability of energy sources by switching their major nutritional mode between autotrophy (i.e., synthesizi...

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Main Authors: Qifang Wang, Xinqing Zheng, Xijie Zhou, Han Zhang, Ling Cai, Jonathan Y.S. Leung, Lingfeng Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23016199