The effects of temperature and light on two algal populations in the temperate sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima (Brandt, 1835)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-224

  Saunders, Brian K ^a   Muller Parker, Gisèle ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthopleura elegantissima; Mitotic index; Sea anemone; Symbiosis; Zoochlorellae; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIGHT; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA ANEMONE; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOPLEURA ELEGANTISSIMA; ACTINIARIA;

ALGAE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECTS; SEA ANEMONE; SYMBIOTIC ALGAE; SYMBIOTIC POPULATION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; ZOOCHLORELLAE; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

EID: 0030618463     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02723-2     Document Type: Article

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