Molecular diversity of symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium (Zooxanthellae) in cnidarians of the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1281-1283

  Visram, S ^a,c   Wiedenmann, J ^b   Douglas, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c CORDIO East Africa ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CLADISTICS; CORAL; ENDOSYMBIONT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOOXANTHELLA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACTINIARIA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BUNODEOPSIS STRUMOSA; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 33846849127     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406014299     Document Type: Article

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