The response of the scleractinian coral Turbinaria reniformis to thermal stress depends on the nitrogen status of the coral holobiont

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2665-2674

  Béraud, Eric ^a   Gevaert, François ^b,c   Rottier, Cécile ^a   Ferrier Pagès, Christine ^a  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coral; Nitrogen; Symbiosis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIADINOXANTHIN; DIATOXANTHINE; NITROGEN; PERIDININ; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT; INDIAN OCEAN; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CORAL; NITROGEN; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FLUORESCENCE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDIAN OCEAN; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84880093705     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085183     Document Type: Article

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