Variation in symbiont distribution between closely related coral species over large depth ranges

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 691-703

  Frade, P R ^a,b,c   De Jongh, F ^a,b   Vermeulen, F ^a   Van Bleijswijk, J ^a   Bak, R P M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity CARMABI   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Coral algal associations; Genetic diversity; ITS; Madracis; Symbiodinium; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MADRACIS; MADRACIS MIRABILIS; MADRACIS PHARENSIS; MIRABILIS; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 38149051357     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03612.x     Document Type: Article

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