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Scleractinian corals have global ecological, structural, social, and economic importance that is disproportionately large relative to their areal extent. These reef building corals form the architectural framework for shallow water… Click to show full abstract
Scleractinian corals have global ecological, structural, social, and economic importance that is disproportionately large relative to their areal extent. These reef building corals form the architectural framework for shallow water tropical reef systems, supporting the most productive and biologically diverse marine ecosystems on Earth (Veron, 1995). Reef-building scleractinian species are dependent on photosynthetic products supplied by symbiotic zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium, restricting their distribution to the photic zone (Stambler, 2011). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Journal Title: Ecology
Year Published: 2018
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