Temporal variation in the symbiosis and growth of the temperate scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 348, Issue , 2007, Pages 161-172

  Dimond, J ^a,b   Carrington, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrangia; Coral growth; Coral algal symbiosis; Scleractinian; Seasonal variation; Temperate coral; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL; DIGITAL IMAGE; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PIGMENT; POLYP; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ASTRANGIA; ASTRANGIA POCULATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 36549083552     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07050     Document Type: Article

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