Photosynthesis and respiration of two species of algal symbionts in the Anemone Anthopleura elegantissima (Brandt) (Cnidaria; Anthozoa)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-202

  Verde, E Alan ^a   McCloskey, L R ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Walla Walla College   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemone; Anthopleura elegantissima; Carbon budgets; CZAR; Symbiosis; Translocation; Zoochlorellae; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ANTHOPLEURA ELEGANTISSIMA;

ALGAE; ANEMONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SYMBIONT; SYMBIONTS; ZOOCHLORELLA; ZOOCHLORELLAE; ZOOXANTHELLA; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

EID: 0029667754     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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