UV-absorbing substances in the tunic of a colonial ascidian protect its symbiont, Prochloron sp., from damage by UV-B radiation

Marine Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 455-461

  Dionisio Sese, M L ^a   Ishikura, M ^b   Maruyama, T ^b   Miyachi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCHLORON; LISSOCLINUM PATELLA;

COLONIES; PROTECTION; SYMBIONTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UV-ABSORBING SUBSTANCES;

PALAU;

EID: 0030609620     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050112     Document Type: Article

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