Responses to iron limitation in two colonies of Stylophora pistillata exposed to high temperature: Implications for coral bleaching

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 813-828

  Shick, J Malcolm ^a   Iglic, Katrina ^b   Wells, Mark L ^a   Trick, Charles G ^b,c   Doyle, Jason ^d   Dunlap, Walter C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHELATION; COMPLEXATION; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; ELECTRON; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOPROTECTION; PIGMENT; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 79956371100     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0813     Document Type: Article

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