Sponge and coral zooxanthellae in heat and light: Preliminary results of photochemical efficiency monitored with pulse amplitude modulated fluorometry

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-258

  Schönberg, Christine H L ^a,d   Suwa, Ryota ^b   Hidaka, Michio ^b   Loh, William Kok Weng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c Marine Biology Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acropora; Cliona; Photosynthesis; Pulse amplitude modulated fluorescence; Stress; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUOROMETRY; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPONGE; SYMBIONT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SESOKO;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; CLIONA; CLIONA ORIENTALIS; DINOPHYCEAE; ISOPORA PALIFERA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 45449115828     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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