... of heterotrophic nitrogen compared with carbon, in agreement with the idea that tropical corals are nitrogen-limited. Finally, a coupling between auto- and heterotrophy was observed in the species S. pistillata , with a higher acquisition and retention of heterotrophic nutrients under low irradiance to compensate...

... to coral aquaculture and our understanding of benthic–pelagic coupling on coral reefs. Galaxea fascicularis heterotrophy extracoelenteric Artemia zooplankton coral scleractinian Our results put an entirely new perspective on heterotrophic nutrient input from zooplankton...

... column community. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: apile@bio.usyd.edu.au ) 1 9 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 coral reef heterotrophy rhodophyte sponge symbiosis ultraplankton nitrogen Symbioses between autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms...