..., especially concerning heterotrophically acquired carbon and nitrogen. We combined physiological measurements and pulse-chase isotopic labeling of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen, as well as autotrophic carbon to track nutrient fluxes in two coral species, Stylophora pistillata and Turbinaria reniformis...

.... executed the study. J.L., S.T., E.T., D.A. and A.V. interpreted the data. J.L., S.T. and A.V. drafted and revised the manuscript. COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 25 10 2012 12 12 2012 © 2013. 2013 acid–base balance symbiosis Stylophora pistillata...

...Aurélie Moya; Sylvie Tambutté; Eric Tambutté; Didier Zoccola; Natacha Caminiti; Denis Allemand SUMMARY This work, performed on the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata , aims at providing new information on the `light-enhanced calcification' process. In a first step, in controlled...

...Paola Furla; Isabelle Galgani; Isabelle Durand; Denis Allemand ABSTRACT The sources and mechanisms of inorganic carbon transport for scleractinian coral calcification and photosynthesis were studied using a double labelling technique with H 14 CO 3 and 45 Ca. Clones of Stylophora pistillata...

...Denis Allemand; Éric Tambutté; Jean-Pierre Girard; Jean Jaubert ABSTRACT The kinetics of organic matrix biosynthesis and incorporation into scleractinian coral skeleton was studied using microcolonies of Stylophora pistillata . [ 14 C]Aspartic acid was used to label the organic matrix since...

...Éric Tambutté; Denis Allemand; Erich Mueller; Jean Jaubert ABSTRACT Ca 2+ compartments, Ca 2+ transport and the calcification process were studied by using 45 Ca as a tracer. The biological model used was clones of Stylophora pistillata developed into microcolonies whose skeleton is entirely...