The distribution of mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) and the phylogenetic identity of symbiotic dinoflagellates in cnidarian hosts from the Mexican Caribbean

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-146

  Banaszak, Anastazia T ^a   Barba Santos, Maria Guadalupe ^a   LaJeunesse, Todd C ^b   Lesser, Michael P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clade analysis; Photoprotection; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis; Ultraviolet radiation; UV

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CLADISTICS; DINOFLAGELLATE; ELECTROKINESIS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CARIBBEAN COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GORGONACEA; PORPHYRA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 33747875980     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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