Multiple Symbiodinium clades in Acropora species scleractinian corals from the Ningaloo reef, Australia

International Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-74

  Crabbe, M James C ^a   Carlin, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; LSUrDNA; Phylogentic analysis; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ACROPORA ABROLHOSENSIS; ACROPORA CEREALIS; ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ACROPORA NASUTA; ACROPORA PAPILLARE; ACROPORA SPICIFERA; ACROPORA TENUIS; ALGA; ALGAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENDOSYMBIONT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA ABROLHOSENSIS; ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ACROPORA PAPILLARE; ACROPORA SPICIFERA; ACROPORA TENUIS; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 65549145517     PISSN: 09738363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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