Regulation and control of intracellular algae ( = zooxanthellae) in hard corals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1352, 1997, Pages 457-468

  Jones, Ross J ^a,b   Yellowlees, D ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORA FORMOSA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0030815982     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0033     Document Type: Article

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