Photoinhibition of Symbiodinium spp. within the reef corals Montastraea faveolata and Porites astreoides: Implications for coral bleaching

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2515-2526

  Hennige, Sebastian J ^a,b   McGinley, Michael P ^b   Grottoli, Andréa G ^c   Warner, Mark E ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; GENOTYPE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; TOLERANCE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; PORITES ASTREOIDES; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINUM;

EID: 80255141900     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1752-1     Document Type: Article

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