Microbial metabolic transitions drive benthic competition outcomes and community structure in coral reef ecosystems

Ty N.F. Roach1, Linda Wegley Kelly2, Andreas Haas3, Mark JA Vermeij4, Cynthia Silveira1, Mark Little5, Ben Knowles6, Forest Rohwer1, Emma E George1, Cameron Smurthwaite7 and Maria L Abieri8, (1)San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)London, United Kingdom, (3)Royal NIOZ, the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, Texel, Netherlands, (4)Carmabi Foundation, Netherlands Antilles, (5)SDSU, San Diego, CA, United States, (6)Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (7)San Diego State University, Biology, CA, United States, (8)Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil