Exploring the basis of thermotolerance in the reef coral Goniastrea aspera

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 242, Issue , 2002, Pages 119-129

  Brown, B E ^a   Downs, C A ^a   Dunne, R P ^a   Gibb, S W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Corals; Irradiance stress; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CORAL; IRRADIANCE; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA; GONIASTREA ASPERA;

EID: 0037175207     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps242119     Document Type: Article

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