Solar radiation modulates bleaching and damage protection in a shallow water coral

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 362, Issue , 2008, Pages 99-107

  Brown, B E ^a   Dunne, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bleaching; Corals; PAR; Photoinhibition; Photoprotection; Solar radiation; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SHALLOW WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA ASPERA;

EID: 47949106218     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07439     Document Type: Article

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