Fluctuating algal symbiont communities in Acropora palifera (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) from Taiwan

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 295, Issue , 2005, Pages 113-121

  Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,b   Wang, Jih Terng ^c   Fang, Lee Shing ^d   Yang, Ya Wen ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

nlsrDNA RFLPs; Phylotype; Stress tolerance; Symbiont community; Symbiont reshuffling

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; SEASONALITY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KENTING NATIONAL PARK; TAIWAN; WORLD;

ACROPORIDAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ISOPORA PALIFERA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 22744437102     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps295113     Document Type: Article

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