Genetic evidence for a protozoan (phylum Apicomplexa) associated with corals of the Montastraea annularis species complex

Coral Reefs

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-146

  Toller, W W ^a   Rowan, R ^b   Knowlton, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Coccidia; Coral disease; Montastraea; SrDNA; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ANTHOZOA; APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; MONTASTRAEA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; MONTASTREA ANNULARIS; PROTOZOA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 0036938390     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-002-0220-2     Document Type: Article

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