Thicker host tissues moderate light stress in a cnidarian endosymbiont

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2247-2254

  Dimond, James L ^a   Holzman, Benjamin J ^b   Bingham, Brian L ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cascadia Community College   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Cnidarian; Light stress; Photoprotection; Photosynthesis; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CNIDARIA; EPIDERMIS; GREEN ALGA; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; CNIDARIA; EPIDERMIS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINIARIA; ALGAE; ANTHOPLEURA; ANTHOPLEURA ELEGANTISSIMA; ANTHOPLEURA XANTHOGRAMMICA; ANTHOZOA; ELLIPTOCHLORIS;

EID: 84861019945     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.067991     Document Type: Article

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