Preliminary analyses of cultured Symbiodinium isolated from sand in the oceanic Ogasawara Islands, Japan

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-247

  Reimer, James Davis ^a,b   Shah, Md Mahfuzur Rahman ^a   Sinniger, Frederic ^a,c   Yanagi, Kensuke ^d,e   Suda, Shoichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chiba Biodiversity Center   (Japan)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free living; Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands; Sand; Symbiodinium; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLING; SAND;

BONIN ISLANDS; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 78049454448     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-010-0044-1     Document Type: Article

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