Effects of light intensity and ammonium enrichment on the hermatypic coral Stylophora pistillata and its zooxanthellae

Symbiosis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-146

  Stambler, Noga ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral; Enrichment; Light; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CORAL; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ZOOXANTHELLAE; ZOOXANTHELLAS;

ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0031937110     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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