Abundant betaines in reef-building corals and ecological indicators of a photoprotective role

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 869-880

  Hill, R W ^a   Li, C ^a   Jones, A D ^a,b   Gunn, J P ^a   Frade, P R ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Betaines; Corals; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; DMSP; Photoinhibition; Photosystem II

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALKALOID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MADRACIS MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS;

EID: 78649317662     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0662-x     Document Type: Article

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