In situ measured seasonal variations in Fv/Fm of two common Red Sea corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 593-598

  Winters, Gidon ^a,b   Loya, Yossi ^a   Beer, Sven ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Interuniversity Institute of Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Coral monitoring; Irradiance; Maximal quantum yield (Fv Fm); PAM fluorometry; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; FLUOROMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANTHOZOA; FAVIA FAVUS; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 33750968180     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0144-3     Document Type: Article

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