Tolerance of endolithic algae to elevated temperature and light in the coral Montipora monasteriata from the southern Great Barrier Reef

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-81

  Fine, Maoz ^a   Meroz Fine, Efrat ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Coral; Endolithic algae; Montipora monasteriata; Photoacclimation; Photoinhibition; Symbiodinium; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; GREEN ALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUNLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; MONTIPORA MONASTERIATA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 13644257789     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01381     Document Type: Article

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