Thermal priming affects symbiont photosynthesis but does not alter bleaching susceptibility in Acropora millepora

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 432-433, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-72

  Middlebrook, Rachael ^a   Anthony, Kenneth R N ^b   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a   Dove, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Coral bleaching; Photosynthetic productivity; Symbiodinium sp; Thermal anomalies

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CORAL BLEACHING; DINOFLAGELLATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84864542603     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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