Diel 'tuning' of coral metabolism: Physiological responses to light cues

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-283

  Levy, O ^a,c   Achituv, Y ^a   Yacobi, Y Z ^b   Dubinsky, Z ^a   Stambler, N ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catalase; Favia favus; Goniopora lobata; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; Plerogyra sinuosa; SOD; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISRAEL; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMASS; CATALASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE; ISRAEL; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; COELENTERATA; DINOPHYCEAE; FAVIA FAVUS; GONIOPORA LOBATA; PLEROGYRA SINUOSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 32444449726     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01983     Document Type: Article

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