Significance of pollution in eliciting the 'bleaching' response in symbiotic cnidarians

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 392-415

  Brown, Barbara E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BLEACHING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; TOXICITY;

CORALS; SYMBIOTIC CNIDARIANS; TOXICOLOGICAL BIOASSAYS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ACTINIARIA; ALGAE; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0033691252     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2000.002328     Document Type: Article

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