Endosymbiont-bleaching in epiphytic populations of Sorites dominicensis

Symbiosis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-117

  Richardson, Susan L ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Bleaching; Epiphytes; Florida; Foraminifera; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CARRIE BOW CAY; CENTRAL AMERICA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; JUPITER SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; STANN CREEK; TWIN CAYS; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; SORITES; SORITIDAE; SYMBIODINIUM; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 33846404856     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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