Specificity in communities of symbiodinium in corals from Johnston Atoll

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 386, Issue , 2009, Pages 83-96

  Stat, Michael ^a   Pochon, Xavier ^a   Cowie, Rebecca O M ^a   Gates, Ruth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Coral; Dinoflagellate; ITS2; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CHLOROPLAST; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC VARIATION; REEF; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

JOHNSTON; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 68049138036     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08080     Document Type: Article

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