Corals from the Persian/Arabian Gulf as models for thermotolerant reef-builders: Prevalence of clade C3 Symbiodinium, host fluorescence and ex situ temperature tolerance

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 313-322

  Hume, B ^a   D'Angelo, C ^a   Burt, J ^b   Baker, A C ^c   Riegl, B ^d   Wiedenmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Coral reefs; Global warming; Green fluorescent protein; Heat stress; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN/PERSIAN GULF; CORAL REEF; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT STRESS; TEMPERATURE REGIMES; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

BLEACHING; CLEANING; GLOBAL WARMING;

REEFS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BIOINDICATOR; BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUORESCENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; MORTALITY; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ARABIAN GULF; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOWN REGULATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TOLERANCE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PERSIAN GULF; PORITES LOBATA; PREVALENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SUMMER; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

BLEACHING; CORAL REEFS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT STRESS; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIJI; FLUORESCENCE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDIAN OCEAN; SAUDI ARABIA; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES; PORITES LOBATA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84880332295     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.032     Document Type: Article

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