Effects of cyanide on coral photosynthesis: Implications for identifying the cause of coral bleaching and for assessing the environmental effects of cyanide fishing

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 177, Issue , 1999, Pages 83-91

  Jones, Ross J ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Coral; Cyanide; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CYANIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; EUKARYOTA; PLESIASTREA VERSIPORA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0033545417     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps177083     Document Type: Article

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