Endolithic fungi in reef-building corals (Order: Scleractinia) are common, cosmopolitan, and potentially pathogenic

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 254-260

  Bentis, Christopher J ^a   Kaufman, Les ^a   Golubic, Stjepko ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FUNGUS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PATHOGEN;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; JOHNSTON ATOLL; MOOREA ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACROPORA CYTHEREA; ACROPORA HUMULIS; ACROPORIDAE; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; COELENTERATA; DINOPHYCEAE; ENTOVALVA; FUNGI; LOBATA; MONTIPORA; MONTIPORA STUDERI; POCILLOPORA EYDOUXI; POCILLOPORIDAE; PORITES LOBATA; PORITIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0034010062     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542528     Document Type: Article

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