PSII activity and pigment dynamics of Symbiodinium in two Indo-Pacific corals exposed to short-term high-light stress

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 563-577

  Krämer, Wiebke E ^a,c   Schrameyer, Verena ^b   Hill, Ross ^b,d   Ralph, Peter J ^b   Bischof, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; COEXISTENCE; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT;

ANTHOZOA; PAVONA DECUSSATA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84874224138     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2113-4     Document Type: Article

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