Phototaxis of motile zooxanthellae to green light may facilitate symbiont capture by coral larvae

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 523-

  Hollingsworth, Lea L ^a   Kinzie III, Robert A ^a   Lewis, Teresa D ^a   Krupp, David A ^a   Leong, Jo Ann C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PHOTOTAXIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 28444497433     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0063-8     Document Type: Article

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