The impact of coral bleaching on the pigment profile of the symbiotic alga, Symbiodinium

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2133-2142

  Venn, Alexander A ^a,b   Wilson, Michael A ^a   Trapido Rosenthal, Henry G ^b,c   Keely, Brendan J ^a   Douglas, Angela E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Symbiosis; Xanthophyll cycling; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DIADINOXANTHIN; DIATOXANTHINE; PHAEOPHYTIN A; PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ALGA; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL BLEACHING; DINOFLAGELLATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CELL COUNT; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; LIGHT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

AGARICIA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; FAVIA FRAGUM; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; MONTASTRAEA FRANKSI; PORITES ASTREOIDES; PORITES PORITES; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 33750573076     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.001587.x     Document Type: Article

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