Do corals select zooxanthellae by alternative discharge?

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-100

  Yamashita, Hiroshi ^a,b   Suzuki, Go ^b   Hayashibara, Takeshi ^b   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CLADISTICS; COLONY; CORAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT LOSS; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; POCILLOPORA EYDOUXI; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 78650726754     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1544-z     Document Type: Article

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