Photobiology of the symbiotic acoel flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis: Algal symbiont photoacclimation and host photobehaviour

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Serôdio, João ^a   Silva, Raquel ^a   Ezequiel, João ^a   Calado, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

acoel; chlorophyll fluorescence; photoacclimation; photobehaviour; photoprotection; photosynthetic symbioses; Symsagitiffera; Tetraselmis

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLATWORM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROALGA; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

ALGAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; PRASINOPHYCEAE; SYMSAGITTIFERA; TETRASELMIS; TETRASELMIS CONVOLUTAE;

EID: 79951725078     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001001     Document Type: Article

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