Effect of light and feeding on the fatty acid and sterol composition of zooxanthellae and host tissue isolated from the scleractinian coral Turbinaria reniformis

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2702-2710

  Treignier, C ^a,c   Grover, R ^a   Ferrier Pages C ^a   Tolosa, I ^b  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL; FATTY ACID; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; STEROL; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; TURBINARIA RENIFORMIS;

EID: 55749100861     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2702     Document Type: Article

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