Temperature-induced bleaching of corals begins with impairment of the CO2 fixation mechanism in zooxanthellae

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1219-1230

  Jones, R J ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, O ^a   Larkum, A W D ^a   Schreiber, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Calvin cycle; Coral; Fluorescence; Mehler reaction; Rubisco; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOXANTHELLA;

STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0032406972     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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