Highly infectious symbiont dominates initial uptake in coral juveniles

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3518-3531

  Abrego, David ^a,b,c   Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^c   Willis, Bette L ^a,b  

^a AIMS at JCU ^*  (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral juveniles; Environmental effects; Symbiodinium uptake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ACROPORA TENUIS; ACROPORIDAE; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 68349133562     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04275.x     Document Type: Article

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