Host pigments: Potential facilitators of photosynthesis in coral symbioses

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1523-1533

  Dove, Sophie G ^a   Lovell, Carli ^a   Fine, Maoz ^a   Deckenback, Jeffry ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a   Iglesias Prieto, Roberto ^b   Anthony, Kenneth R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

All protein chromophore; Bleaching; Dinoflagellate; Host pigment; Photoacclimation; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PIGMENT;

ACCLIMATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR MORPH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DINOFLAGELLATE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; MONTIPORA MONASTERIATA;

EID: 53349099519     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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