Phenotypic variance predicts symbiont population densities in corals: A modeling approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Van Woesik, Robert ^a   Shiroma, Kazuyo ^a   Koksal, Semen ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CORAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WATER TEMPERATURE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; DINOFLAGELLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; SYMBIODINIUM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FLORIDA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949426945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009185     Document Type: Article

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