Variation in Symbiodinium communities in juvenile Briareum asbestinum (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) over temporal and spatial scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-37

  Poland, Daniel M ^a   Mansfield, Jillian M ^a   Hannes, Andrew R ^a   Fairbank Lewis, Cynthia L ^a   Shearer, Tonya L ^a,b   Connelly, Sandra J ^a,c   Kirk, Nathan L ^d   Coffroth, Mary Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Gorgonian; Octocoral; Ontogeny; Symbiosis; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; JELLYFISH; JUVENILE; MONITORING; ONTOGENY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874471294     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10165     Document Type: Article

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