Coral skeletons defend against ultraviolet radiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Reef, Ruth ^a   Kaniewska, Paulina ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DNA DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POLYP (CNIDARIAN); RADIATION ABSORPTION; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; HARNESS;

DNA; POLITEF;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 71049186865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007995     Document Type: Article

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