Symbiosis regulation in a facultatively symbiotic temperate coral: Zooxanthellae division and expulsion

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-604

  Dimond, J ^a,b   Carrington, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrangia; Expulsion; Facultative symbiosis; Temperate coral; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOXANTHELLA;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; ASTRANGIA; ASTRANGIA POCULATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 48449093374     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0363-x     Document Type: Article

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