The physiological response of reef corals to diel fluctuations in seawater temperature

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-223

  Putnam, Hollie M ^a   Edmunds, Peter J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Fluctuation; Pocillopora meandrina; Porites rus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CALCIFICATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DIEL MIGRATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSGRESSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA MEANDRINA; PORITES RUS; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 78650168908     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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