Evaluation of thermal acclimation capacity in corals with different thermal histories based on catalase concentrations and antioxidant potentials

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-162

  Griffin, Sean P ^a   Bhagooli, Ranjeet ^b,c   Weil, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Biodiversity and Environment Institute   (Mauritius)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acclimation capacity; Antioxidants; Catalase; Coral; ELISA; FRAP; Light; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; WATER TABLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; POCILLOPORA MEANDRINA;

EID: 33646735358     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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