Correspondence between cold tolerance and temperate biogeography in a western Atlantic Symbiodinium (Dinophyta) lineage

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1126-1135

  Thornhill, Daniel J ^a,b   Kemp, Dustin W ^a   Bruns, Brigitte U ^a   Fitt, William K ^a   Schmidt, Gregory W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrangia poculata; Biogeography; Cold temperature stress; Coral; Molecular diversity; Oculina arbuscula; Symbiodinium; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ASTRANGIA POCULATA; DINOPHYCEAE; OCULINA ARBUSCULA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 53549085682     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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