Periodic endolithic algal blooms in Montastraea faveolata corals may represent periods of low-level stress

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 709-718

  Carilli, Jessica E ^a,b   Godfrey, Jessie ^a,c   Norris, Richard D ^a   Sandin, Stuart A ^a   Smith, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Corps de La Paix ^*  (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PIGMENT;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; OSTREOBIUM; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77954930649     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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