Multi-year, seasonal genotypic surveys of coral-algal symbioses reveal prevalent stability or post-bleaching reversion

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 711-722

  Thornhill, Daniel J ^a   LaJeunesse, Todd C ^a,b   Kemp, Dustin W ^a   Fitt, William K ^a   Schmidt, Gregory W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GENOTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 31844439796     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0114-2     Document Type: Article

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