A comparison of photographic analyses used to quantify zooxanthella density and pigment concentrations in Cnidarians

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-295

  Johnson, Cameron E ^a   Goulet, Tamar L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aiptasia; Bleaching; Coral; GIS; Reflectance; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; FITNESS; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACTINIARIA; AIPTASIA; AIPTASIA PALLIDA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 36248994773     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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