Energy reserves and metabolism as indicators of coral recovery from bleaching

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1874-1882

  Rodrigues, Lisa J ^a   Grottoli, Andréa G ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CORAL BLEACHING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; LIPID; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA CAPITATA;

EID: 35348978335     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.1874     Document Type: Article

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