since the concentration of free-linging endosymbionts is quite low, they
may also be supplied indirectly to the coral by ingestion of fecal material released by corallivores and of
zooplankton prey containing zooxanthellae;
p.309; in ....
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in Birkeland C. (ed.) Life and Death of Coral Reefs; Chapman and Hall London - UK;
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