Mycosporine-like amino acids in six scleractinian coral species

Oceanologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-104

  Al Utaibi, Ahmad A ^a   Niaz, Gul Raze ^a   Al Lihaibi, Sultan S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fungia spp.; Hard corals; Jeddah coast; Mycosporine like amino acids; Red sea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA; ASTERINA; CTENACTIS ECHINATA; FUNGIA; FUNGIA CORONA; FUNGIA DANAI; FUNGIA REPANDA; FUNGIA SCUTARIA; FUNGIIDAE; LOBATA; PORPHYRA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 68249145909     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.51-1.093     Document Type: Article

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