Response of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens to ultraviolet radiation regimes as reflected by mycosporine-like amino acid biosynthesis

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-228

  Zeevi Ben yosef, Dafna ^a   Kashman, Yoel ^b   Benayahu, Yehuda ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heteroxenia fuscescens; Mycosporine like amino acids; Red Sea; Seasonal changes; Soft corals; Ultraviolet radiation resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; IRRADIANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFT CORAL; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; HETEROXENIA FUSCESCENS;

EID: 33749340055     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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