The effects of elevated temperature on the photosynthetic efficiency of zooxanthellae in hospite from four different species of reef coral: A novel approach

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-299

  Warner, M E ^a   Fitt, W K ^b   Schmidt, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agaricia agaricites; Agaricia lamarki; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Coral bleaching; Montastrea annularis; Photoinhibition; Photosystem II; Siderastrea radians; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

AGARICIA; MONTASTREA ANNULARIS; SIDERASTREA RADIANS;

EID: 0029668492     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00251.x     Document Type: Article

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