Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2046-2054

  LaJeunesse, Todd C ^a   Loh, William K W ^b   Van Woesik, Robert ^c   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^b   Schmidt, Gregory W ^a   Fitt, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIONT; ZOOXANTHELLA;

AUSTRALIA; CARIBBEAN SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DINOPHYCEAE; MONTIPORA; MONTIPORA DIGITATA; PARITES; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 0141540390     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.5.2046     Document Type: Article

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