Loss of Symbiodinium from bleached Australian scleractinian corals (Acropora hyacinthus, Favites complanata and Porites solida)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-144

  Strychar, Kevin B ^a,b,c   Coates, Mike ^a   Sammarco, Paul W ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA Universities Marine Consortium   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Growth rates; Mitotic indices; Specific expulsion rates; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; STRESS RESISTANCE; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ANTHOZOA; FAVITES; FAVITES COMPLANATA; HYACINTHUS; PORITES; PORITES SOLIDA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 2342484550     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF03080     Document Type: Article

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