Effects of anemonefish on giant sea anemones: Ammonium uptake, zooxanthella content and tissue regeneration

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-51

  Porat, D ^a,b   Chadwick Furman, N E ^a,b,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actiniaria; Amphiprion bicinctus; Anemone fish; Entacmaea quadricolor; Laboratory trial; Nitrogen; Nutrient; Red Sea; Sea anemone; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REGENERATION; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACTINIARIA; ALGAE; AMPHIPRION; AMPHIPRION BICINCTUS; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; ENTACMAEA QUADRICOLOR; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 12444263948     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240500057929     Document Type: Article

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