Symbiotic transition of algae-coral triggered by paleoclimatic events?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 194-195

  Tchernov, Dan ^a   Mass, Tali ^b   Gruber, David F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; FOSSIL; LETTER; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; MICROALGAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84858614371     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.002     Document Type: Letter

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