Zooxanthella densities within a Caribbean octocoral during bleaching and non-bleaching years

Coral Reefs

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-26

  Lasker, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Coral reef; Gorgonian; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DENSITY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA;

EID: 0037665090     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-003-0276-7     Document Type: Article

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