Resistance to thermal stress in corals without changes in symbiont composition

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1731, 2012, Pages 1100-1107

  Bellantuono, Anthony J ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^b,c   Rodriguez Lanetty, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Coral bleaching; Global change; Symbiosis; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BACTERIUM; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84856799735     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1780     Document Type: Article

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