Symbiodinium genotypic and environmental controls on lipids in reef building corals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Cooper, Timothy F ^a   Lai, Michael ^a   Ulstrup, Karin E ^b   Saunders, Sandra M ^a   Flematti, Gavin R ^a   Radford, Ben ^a   van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DHI Water and Environment   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PACHYSERIS SPECIOSA; SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIONT; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PACHYSERIS SPECIOSA; SCLERACTINIA; SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX; SYMBIODINIUM;

LIPID; WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; MICROALGAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; WATER;

EID: 79957554803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020434     Document Type: Article

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