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dc.title | First experimental evidence of corals feeding on seagrass matter | |
dc.contributor.author | Lai, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gillis, L.G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mueller, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bouma, T.J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Guest, J.R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Last, K.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ziegler, A.D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Todd, P.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-27T08:28:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-27T08:28:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lai, S., Gillis, L.G., Mueller, C., Bouma, T.J., Guest, J.R., Last, K.S., Ziegler, A.D., Todd, P.A. (2013-12). First experimental evidence of corals feeding on seagrass matter. Coral Reefs 32 (4) : 1061-1064. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1062-9 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 07224028 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/100682 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present the first experimental evidence of a coral (Oulastrea crispata) ingesting and assimilating seagrass material. Tropical seagrass meadows export a substantial portion of their productivity and can provide an important source of nutrients to neighbouring systems such as coral reefs; however, little is known about the mechanisms of this link. To investigate whether seagrass nutrient uptake via coral heterotrophy is possible, we conducted a feeding experiment with seagrass particulate and dissolved organic matter. Using gut extractions and stable isotope analyses, we determined that O. crispata ingested 15N-enriched seagrass particles and assimilated the nitrogen into its tissue at a rate of 0.75 μg N cm-2 h-1. Corals took up nitrogen from dissolved matter at a comparable rate of 0.98 μg N cm-2 h-1. While other ecological connections between seagrass meadows and reef ecosystems are well known, our results suggest a previously unstudied direct nutritional link between seagrasses and corals. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1062-9 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Coral heterotrophy | |
dc.subject | Habitat connectivity | |
dc.subject | Nutrient transfer | |
dc.subject | Seagrass | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | |
dc.description.doi | 10.1007/s00338-013-1062-9 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Coral Reefs | |
dc.description.volume | 32 | |
dc.description.issue | 4 | |
dc.description.page | 1061-1064 | |
dc.description.coden | CORFD | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000326927300018 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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