Phototrophic microendoliths bloom during coral "white syndrome"

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 577-581

  Fine, M ^a,b   Roff, G ^a   Ainsworth, T D ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Interuniversity Institute of Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Endolithic algae; Ostreobium; White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CORAL; ENDOLITHON; LESION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; OSTREOBIUM;

EID: 33750971130     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0143-4     Document Type: Article

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