Trends in the density of zooxanthellae in Acropora millepora (Ehrenberg, 1834) at the Palm Island Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Symbiosis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-226

  Pillay, Ruby Moothien ^a,b   Willis, Bette ^a   Terashima, Hiroaki ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b France Centre   (Mauritius)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora millepora; Coral; Great Barrier Reef; Zooxanthella density

Indexed keywords

CORAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALM ISLAND GROUP; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MILLEPORA;

EID: 16244404962     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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