Stability of symbiotic dinoflagellate type in the octocoral briareum asbestinum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 391, Issue , 2009, Pages 65-72

  Hannes, Andrew R ^a   Barbeitos, Marcos ^a   Coffroth, Mary Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Coral; Diversity; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPLAST; CORAL BLEACHING; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; REEF; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BRIAREUM ASBESTINUM; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 70349757835     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07990     Document Type: Article

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