Phototrophic nutrition and symbiont diversity of two Caribbean sponge-cyanobacteria symbioses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 362, Issue , 2008, Pages 139-147

  Erwin, Patrick M ^a   Thacker, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Primary productivity; Respiration; Sponge; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRADIANCE; MUTUALISM; NUTRITION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SHADING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTHOZOA; APLYSINA FULVA; CYANOBACTERIA; NEOPETROSIA; PHYLO; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SPONGIARUM;

EID: 47949103641     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07464     Document Type: Article

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