Symbiont diversity is not involved in depth acclimation in the Mediterranean sea whip Eunicella singularis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 439, Issue , 2011, Pages 57-71

  Forcioli, D ^a   Merle, P L ^a   Caligara, C ^a   Ciosi, M ^a   Muti, C ^c   Francour, P ^b   Cerrano, C ^c   Allemand, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Algal coral interactions; Depth distribution; Eunicella singularis; Genetic diversity; Mediterranean Sea; Photoacclimation; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; ALGA; BATHYMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLADISTICS; CORAL; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MASS MORTALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION BALANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUNICELLA SINGULARIS; GORGONACEA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 80054969638     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09314     Document Type: Article

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