Symbiodinium associations with diseased and healthy scleractinian corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 437-448

  Correa, A M S ^a,b   Brandt, M E ^a   Smith, T B ^c   Thornhill, D J ^d   Baker, A C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Dark spot syndrome; Disease; Internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS 2); White plague disease

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 67349091693     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0464-6     Document Type: Article

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