Created: August 27, 2018
Revised: April 4, 2022
Return metadata about a subject. You may choose to include a list of the subject's publications. The BHLType element identifies the type of each publication (Title or Part).
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=GetSubjectMetadata
&subject=<the subject for which to return metadata>
&pubs=<"t" or "true" to include the subject's publications in the response>
&format=<"xml" for an XML response or "json" for JSON (OPTIONAL; "xml" is the default)>
&apikey=<API key value>
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<SubjectText>coral</SubjectText>
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<TitleID>131838</TitleID>
<TitleUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/131838</TitleUrl>
<MaterialType>Published material</MaterialType>
<PublicationDate>1958</PublicationDate>
<Authors>
<Author>
<Name>Schmitt, Waldo L.</Name>
</Author>
</Authors>
<Genre>Monograph/Item</Genre>
<Title>Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1958 : station data</Title>
</Publication>
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<FoundIn>Metadata</FoundIn>
<ExternalUrl>http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2014000400010</ExternalUrl>
<Authors>
<Author>
<Name>Wieters, Evie A.</Name>
</Author>
<Author>
<Name>Medrano, Alba</Name>
</Author>
<Author>
<Name>Pérez-Matus Alejandro</Name>
</Author>
</Authors>
<PartUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/144599</PartUrl>
<PartID>144599</PartID>
<Genre>Article</Genre>
<Title>Functional community structure of shallow hard bottom communities at Easter Island (Rapa Nui): Estructura funcional de comunidades que habitan sobre los fondos duros de Isla de Pascua (Rapa Nui)</Title>
<ContainerTitle>Latin american journal of aquatic research</ContainerTitle>
<Date>2014-10-01</Date>
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<Publication>
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<Authors>
<Author>
<Name>Delgadillo-Nuño, Manuel A</Name>
</Author>
<Author>
<Name>Liñán-Cabello, Marco A</Name>
</Author>
<Author>
<Name>Reyes-Gómez, Juan</Name>
</Author>
<Author>
<Name>Soriano-Santiago, Olinda</Name>
</Author>
</Authors>
<PartUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/145754</PartUrl>
<PartID>145754</PartID>
<Genre>Article</Genre>
<Title>Response to pH stress in the reef-building coral Pocillopora capitata (Anthozoa: Scleractinia)</Title>
<ContainerTitle>Revista de biología marina y oceanografía</ContainerTitle>
<Date>2014-12-01</Date>
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