Photoacclimatization by the coral Montastraea cavernosa in the mesophotic zone: Light, food, and genetics

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 990-1003

  Lesser, Michael P ^a   Marc, Slattery ^b   Michael, Stat ^c   Michiko, Ojimi ^c   Gates, Ruth D ^c   Andrea, Grottoli ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; Fluorescence; Mesophotic zone; Montastraea cavernosa; Productivity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AUTOTROPHY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; FLUORESCENCE; GENOTYPE; HETEROTROPHY; LIGHT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIONT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; GENETICS; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; LIGHT; OCEANS AND SEAS;

BAHAMAS;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA;

EID: 77951188030     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0313.1     Document Type: Article

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