Bleaching of an intertidal coralline alga: Untangling the effects of light, temperature, and desiccation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 416, Issue , 2010, Pages 57-67

  Martone, Patrick T ^a,b   Alyono, Michael ^a   Stites, Shira ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calliarthron tuberculosum; Coralline algae; Desiccation; Ecomechanics; Light; Physiology; Pigmentation; Temperature; Zonation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL BLEACHING; CORALLINE ALGA; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; MACROALGA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZONATION;

ALGAE; CALLIARTHRON TUBERCULOSUM;

EID: 77958461837     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08782     Document Type: Article

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