Coral endolithic algae: Life in a protected environment

Pacific Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-173

  Shashar, N ^a   Banaszak, A T ^b,e   Lesser, M P ^c   Amrami, D ^d  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CORAL; ENDOLITHIC ORGANISMS; SYMBIONTS; SYMBIOSIS;

PORITES;

EID: 0030793771     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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