Organic Matter Degradation Drives Benthic Cyanobacterial Mat Abundance on Caribbean Coral Reefs

• Hannah J. Brocke ,

  * E-mail: hbrocke@mpi-bremen.de

  Affiliations Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen), Bremen, Germany, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany, Laboratoire d’Excellence Corail, CRIOBE—USR 3278, EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Perpignan, France

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• Lubos Polerecky,

  Affiliations Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen), Bremen, Germany, Geochemistry, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Dirk de Beer,

  Affiliation Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen), Bremen, Germany

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• Miriam Weber,

  Affiliations Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI Bremen), Bremen, Germany, HYDRA Institute for Marine Sciences, Elba Field Station, Campo nell'Elba, Italy

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• Joachim Claudet,

  Affiliation Laboratoire d’Excellence Corail, CRIOBE—USR 3278, EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Perpignan, France

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• Maggy M. Nugues

  Affiliations Laboratoire d’Excellence Corail, CRIOBE—USR 3278, EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Perpignan, France, Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity (CARMABI) Foundation, Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

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