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Biophysical and physiological causes of coral reef microbialization
Cynthia B. Silveira, Ty N. F. Roach, Helena Villela…·Forest Rohwer
The paper investigates how oxygen loss from fleshy macroalgae leads to microbialization of coral reefs by increasing DOC:O2 ratios, promoting bacterial biomass accumulation.
DOI 10.1101/495481