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 Silveira5, Mark Little6, Ben Knowles7, Forest Rohwer1, Emma E George1, Cameron Smurthwaite8 and Maria L Abieri9, (1)San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)San Diego State University, Department of Biology, San Diego, United States, (3)Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, Den Hoorn, Netherlands, (4)Carmabi Foundation, Netherlands Antilles, (5)San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, United States, (6)SDSU, San Diego, CA, United States, (7)Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States, (8)San Diego State University, Biology, CA, United States, (9)Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil