Three party symbiosis: Acoelomorph worms, corals and unicellular algal symbionts in Eilat (Red Sea)

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1215-1223

  Barneah, O ^a   Brickner, I ^a   Hooge, M ^b   Weis, V M ^c   LaJeunesse, T C ^d   Benayahu, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CORAL; FLATWORM; HOST SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; REEF; SOFT CORAL; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ACOELOMORPHA; ALCYONACEA; ALGAE; AMPHIDINIUM; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM SP.; WAMINOA;

EID: 34247572872     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0563-2     Document Type: Article

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