Zooxanthellae loss as a bioassay for assessing stress in corals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 163-171

  Jones, Ross J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora formosa; Bleaching; Copper; Stress assessment; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOASSAYS; COPPER; CORAL BLEACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; STAGHORN CORAL; STRESS ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICITY TESTS; ZOOANTHELLAE LOSS;

ACROPORA FORMOSA;

EID: 0030618199     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149163     Document Type: Article

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