Diversity of dinoflagellate symbionts in Red Sea soft corals: Mode of symbiont acquisition matters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 275, Issue , 2004, Pages 89-95

  Barneah, O ^a   Weis, V M ^b   Perez, S ^b   Benayahu, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Octocorals; Red Sea; Symbiont acquisition; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; SYMBIOSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ALCYONACEA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 4043135118     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps275089     Document Type: Article

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