Contact- and water-mediated effects of macroalgae on the physiology and microbiome of three Indo-Pacific coral species

• Main Authors: Fong, Jenny, Deignan, Lindsey Kane, Bauman, Andrew G., Steinberg, Peter David, McDougald, Diane, Todd, Peter A.
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Competitive Interactions; Urbanized Reef
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139771
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Competitive interactions between corals and macroalgae play an important role in determining benthic community structure on coral reefs. While it is known that macroalgae may negatively affect corals, the relative influence of contact- versus water-mediated macroalgal interactions on corals – such a...