The nature and taxonomic composition of coral symbiomes as drivers of performance limits in scleractinian corals

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 408, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 94-101

  Gates, Ruth D ^a   Ainsworth, Tracy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral; Scleractinia; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIMITING FACTOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; THRESHOLD; TOLERANCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855954608     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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