Brown AL, Carpenter RC

Water-flow mediated oxygen dynamics within massive Porites-algal turf interactions

The proximity of algae can lead to mortality in coral tissues. Brown & Carpenter tested the hypothesis that the effects of algae on coral are driven by microbially-mediated hypoxia. They found no evidence of this; instead, water flow and light controlled oxygen concentrations between corals and algae.

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