Comparison of endosymbiotic and free-living Symbiodinium (dinophyceae) diversity in a hawaiian reef environment

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-65

  Pochon, Xavier ^a   Stat, Michael ^a   Takabayashi, Misaki ^b   Chasqui, Luis ^c   Chauka, Leonard J ^d   Logan, Daniel D K ^e   Gates, Ruth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coral; Cp23S; Dinoflagellate; ITS 2; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 75149134423     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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