Stress response of two coral species in the Kavaratti atoll of the Lakshadweep Archipelago, India

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 463-474

  Harithsa, Shashank ^a   Raghukumar, Chandralata ^a   Dalal, S G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Acropora formosa; Bleaching; Lakshadweep islands; Lipofuscin granules; Mitotic index; Porites lutea; Zooxanthellae density

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KAVARATTI; LAKSHADWEEP; SOUTH ASIA;

ACROPORA FORMOSA; ANTHOZOA; PORITES LUTEA;

EID: 28444449813     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0008-2     Document Type: Article

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