Light gradients and optical microniches in coral tissues

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Wangpraseurt, Daniel ^a   Larkum, Anthony W D ^a   Ralph, Peter J ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bio optics; Coral photobiology; Ecophysiology; Microenvironment; Microgradients; Microsensor; Tissue optics; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871077441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00316     Document Type: Article

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