Apoptotic and necrotic stages of Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) cell death activity: Bleaching of soft and scleractinian corals

Phycologia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 768-777

  Strychar, Kevin B ^a,c   Sammarco, Paul W ^b   Piva, Terrence J ^a,d  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Louisiana Universities Mar C   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 11844278543     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-43-6-768.1     Document Type: Article

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