Resilience and acclimation to bleaching stressors in the scleractinian coral Porites cylindrica

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-44

  Visram, Shakil ^a   Douglas, Angela E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Coral bleaching; Porites cylindrica; Resilience; Symbiodinium; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORAL BLEACHING; REEF; STRESS RESISTANCE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; PORITES CYLINDRICA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 34547413528     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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