Changes in quantum efficiency of Photosystem II of symbiotic dinoflagellates of corals after heat stress, and of bleached corals sampled after the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching event

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-71

  Jones, Ross J ^a   Ward, Selina ^a   Amri, Affendi Yang ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

PLESIASTREA VERSIPORA;

EID: 0034059446     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF99100     Document Type: Article

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