Efficient light harvesting in deep-water zooxanthellate corals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 455, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-77

  Kahng, Samuel E ^a   Hochberg, Eric J ^b   Apprill, Amy ^c   Wagner, Daniel ^d   Luck, Daniel G ^a   Perez, Denise ^e   Bidigare, Robert R ^f  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Papah2anaumoku2akea Marine National Monument   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral ecology; Ecophysiology; Leptoseris; Mesophotic; Photobiology

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DEEP WATER; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PIGMENT; SHALLOW WATER; WAVELENGTH; ZONATION; ZOOXANTHELLA;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; LEPTOSERIS; PORITES;

EID: 84861877582     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09657     Document Type: Article

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