Different algal symbionts explain the vertical distribution of dominant reef corals in the eastern Pacific

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1549, 2004, Pages 1757-1763

  Iglesias Prieto, R ^a   Beltran V H ^a   LaJeunesse, T C ^b   Reyes Bonilla, H ^c   Thome P E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; Light gradient; Niche diversification; Specificity; Symbiont diversity; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGA; CORAL REEF; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALGA; ALGAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HOST; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; TAXON; UNITED STATES;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 4243106038     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2757     Document Type: Article

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