Symbiodinium diversity in mesophotic coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef: A first assessment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 439, Issue , 2011, Pages 117-126

  Bongaerts, Pim ^a   Sampayo, Eugenia M ^b   Bridge, Thomas C L ^c   Ridgway, Tyrone ^d   Vermeulen, Francisca ^e   Englebert, Norbert ^a   Webster, Jody M ^f   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral; Deep reefs; DGGE; Great Barrier Reef; ITS2; Mesophotic; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; ELECTROKINESIS; ENDOSYMBIONT; GEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REFUGIUM; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOPHYLLIA; FUNGIA; LEPTOSERIS; MONTIPORA; PACHYSERIS; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA; SERIATOPORA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 80054985611     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09315     Document Type: Article

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