Flicker light effects on photosynthesis of symbiotic algae in the reef-building coral Acropora digitifera (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Pacific Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-350

  Nakamura, Takashi ^a,b   Yamasaki, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CORAL; CORAL REEF; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIONT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 45749093382     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[341:FLEOPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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