Zooxanthellae and chlorophyll a responses in the scleractinian coral Montastrea cavernosa at Triángulos-W Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico

 

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Authors: Carricart-Ganivet, Juan P, Beltrán-Torres, Aurora U
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:1993
Description:Samples of Montastrea cavernosa were collected from 3 m to 18 m depth, in tite leeward dope of Triángulos-W Reef. Campeche Bank, Mexico. Population densily of zooxanthellae and chlorophyll ti contents per square centimeter and per zooxanthellae were determined for each coral colony. These parameters did not differ signüicantly among depths. The regressions of chlorophyll a concentration per square centimeter and per zooxanthellae as a function of population density of zooxanthellae present the same trends of thase reported by other authors. It is possible that nitrogen availability controls these parameters in M. cavernosa in natural cooditions in lile reef.
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/23395
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/23395