Alkaline phosphatase activity in symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) as a biological indicator of environmental phosphate exposure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 11-20

  Annis, Eric R ^a,b   Cook, Clayton B ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Aiptasia; Alkaline phosphatase; Montastraea; Nutrient deficiency; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CORAL REEF; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACTINIARIA; AIPTASIA; AIPTASIA PALLIDA; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; MONTASTRAEA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; MONTASTREA FAVEOLATA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM BERMUDENSE;

EID: 0037132712     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245011     Document Type: Article

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