Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1710, 2011, Pages 1323-1328

  Wagner, Daniel ^a,b   Pochon, Xavier ^b   Irwin, Leslie ^c   Toonen, Robert J ^b   Gates, Ruth D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipatharia; Endosymbiosis; Internal transcribed spacer 2; Mesophotic coral reef ecosystems; Precious coral

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIGHT EFFECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHALLOW WATER;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM; ZOANTHARIA;

EID: 79953313890     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1681     Document Type: Article

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