Lipids and stable carbon isotopes in two species of Hawaiian corals, Porites compressa and Montipora verrucosa, following a bleaching event

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 621-631

  Grottoli, A G ^a   Rodrigues, L J ^a   Juarez, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; LIPID; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KANEOHE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; HAWAIIA; MONTIPORA; MONTIPORA VERRUCOSA; PORITES; PORITES COMPRESSA;

EID: 4644223616     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1337-3     Document Type: Article

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