Metagenome of Acropora palmata coral rubble: Potential metabolic pathways and diversity in the reef ecosystem
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220117
Abstract: Over the past 30 years, the stony coral Acropora palmata has experienced an excessive loss of individuals showing few signs of recovery throughout the Mexican Caribbean, resulting in long stretches of coral rubble structures. When… read more here.
Keywords: metagenome acropora; diversity; rubble potential; coral rubble ... See more keywords
The use of artificial substrate units to improve inventories of cryptic crustacean species on Caribbean coral reefs
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10389
Abstract: Motile cryptofauna inhabiting coral reefs are complex assemblages that utilize the space available among dead coral stands and the surrounding coral rubble substrate. They comprise a group of organisms largely overlooked in biodiversity estimates because… read more here.
Keywords: surrounding coral; substrate units; coral rubble; coral reefs ... See more keywords