A novel obligate cultivation mutualism between damselfish and Polysiphonia algae

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 593-596

  Hata, Hiroki ^a   Kato, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Obligate cultivation mutualism; Polysiphonia algae; Territorial damselfish

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CORAL REEF; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUTUALISM; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RED ALGA; TELEOST;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYSIPHONIA ALGAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEGASTES NIGRICANS; SYMBIOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHROMIS CHROMIS; POLYSIPHONIA; STEGASTES NIGRICANS;

EID: 33845590039     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0528     Document Type: Article

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