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Scleractinian corals capture zooplankton within days of settlement and metamorphosis

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This research was funded through the US National Science Foundation (BIO-OCE 08-44785). We thank C. Wall and S. Zamudio for assistance with this experiment.

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  1. Department of Biology, California State University, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA, 91330-8303, USA

    V. R. Cumbo & P. J. Edmunds

  2. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan, Republic of China

    T.-Y. Fan

  3. Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolution, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, Republic of China

    T.-Y. Fan

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Cumbo, V.R., Fan, TY. & Edmunds, P.J. Scleractinian corals capture zooplankton within days of settlement and metamorphosis. Coral Reefs 31, 1155 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-0940-x

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