Effect of a fluctuating thermal regime on adult and larval reef corals

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-209

  Putnam, Hollie M ^a,b   Edmunds, Peter J ^a   Fan, Tung Yung ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium   (China)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Photophysiology; Pocillopora damicornis; Seriatopora hystrix; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 77956457980     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2010.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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