Effect of feeding and thermal stress on photosynthesis, respiration and the carbon budget of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis
N. Lyndby, J. B. Holm, D. Wangpraseurt, R. Grover, C. Rottier, M. Kühl, C. Ferrier-Pages
This study examines how feeding and thermal stress affect oxygen exchange and carbon budgets in the coral Pocillopora damicornis, finding that feeding enhances photosynthesis but thermal stress reduces it, with significant carbon loss observed.
bioRxiv · Jul 26, 2018Ecology