Light-dependency of growth and secondary metabolite production in the captive zooxanthellate soft coral sinularia flexibilis

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 488-494

  Khalesi, Mohammad K ^a,b   Beeftink, H H ^a   Wijffels, R H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flexibilide; Light intensity; Sinularia flexibilis; Specific growth and budding rates; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBILIDE; LIGHT INTENSITY; SINULARIA FLEXIBILIS; SPECIFIC GROWTH AND BUDDING RATES; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

CHLOROPHYLL; METABOLITES; OLEFINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PORPHYRINS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLEXIBILIDE; LACTONE;

ALGA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOFT CORAL; TERPENE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; DINOFLAGELLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOTROPHY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYLL; DINOFLAGELLIDA; LACTONES; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; SYMBIOSIS;

ALCYONACEA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SINULARIA; SINULARIA FLEXIBILIS;

EID: 67349229609     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-008-9164-z     Document Type: Article

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