Many corals host thermally resistant symbionts in high-temperature habitat

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Oliver, T A ^a   Palumbi, S R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora; Clade D water temperature; Host symbiont specificity; Millepora; Pavona; Platygyra; Pocillopora; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPLAST; CLADISTICS; COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; DIVERGENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACROPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; MILLEPORA; PAVONA; PLATYGYRA; POCILLOPORA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 79551687931     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0696-0     Document Type: Article

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