Corals don’t just live off sunlight 🌞, they also feed on tiny plankton 🦐 We show that corals 🪸selectively incorporate nitrogen and fatty acids from feeding, while carbon tracers often miss this input - meaning heterotrophy and its functional role may be underestimated. @leibniz-zmt.de #CoralResearch

🌟 Serendipity led to this exciting study from a cruise to the northern #RedSea 🌊 on board the RV #Meteor 🚢 , based on incidental discoveries. We solved the riddle by finding the missing pieces 🧩 in a deep-sea #brinepool 🍃 #Foraminifera #Research #Science #Expedition #Sedimentology #KAUST #ZMT