Distribution and photobiology of Symbiodinium types in different light environments for three colour morphs of the coral Madracis pharensis: Is there more to it than total irradiance?

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 913-925

  Frade, P R ^a,b,c   Englebert, N ^b   Faria, J ^a,d   Visser, P M ^b   Bak, R P M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity CARMABI   (Netherlands Antilles)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coral algal symbiosis; Functional diversity; Genetic diversity; ITS2; Niche partitioning; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGA; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; DNA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MADRACIS PHARENSIS; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 55349133354     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0406-3     Document Type: Article

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