Contents of ultraviolet-absorbing substances in two color morphs of the photosymbiotic ascidian Didemnum molle

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 571, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 419-422

  Hirabayashi, Shuichi ^a   Kasai, Fumie ^a   Watanabe, Makoto M ^a   Hirose, Euichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonial ascidian; Color morph; Coral reef; Light protection; Mycosporine like amino acids (MAAs); Prochloron

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLONIAL ASCIDIAN; COLOR MORPH; CORAL REEF; LIGHT PROTECTION; MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINO ACIDS (MAA); PROCHLORON;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMINO ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLOR MORPH; INVERTEBRATE; PROKARYOTE; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; DIDEMNUM; PROCHLORON; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33748901835     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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