Photosynthetic performance of giant clams, Tridacna maxima and T. squamosa, Red Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-221

  Jantzen, Carin ^a,b   Wild, Christian ^b   El Zibdah, Mohammed ^c   Roa Quiaoit, Hilly Ann ^d   Haacke, Christoph ^b   Richter, Claudio ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^d XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIVALVE; FILTER FEEDER; FLUOROMETRY; HETEROTROPHY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIXOTROPHY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REEF; SHALLOW WATER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOXANTHELLA;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; TRIDACNA MAXIMA;

EID: 48749109276     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1019-7     Document Type: Article

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