Biophysical and physiological causes of coral reef microbialization
C. B. Silveira, T. N. F. Roach, H. Villela, A. Barno, B. Reyes, E. Rubio-Portillo, T. Le, S. Mead, M. Hatay, A. Luque, L. Wegley-Kelly, M. Vermeij, B. Bailey, Y. Takeshita, A. Haas, F. 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.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2018 · PreprintEcology