Temporal and spatial variations in symbiont communities of the catch bowl coral Isopora palifera (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) on reefs in Kenting National Park, Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1343-1353

  Hsu, Chia Min ^a,b   Keshavmurthy, Shashank ^a   Denis, Vianney ^a   Kuo, Chao Yang ^a,c   Wang, Jih Terng ^d   Meng, Pei Jie ^e,f   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,b,g  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Isopora palifera; Symbiont shuffling; Temporal and spatial variations; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881063021     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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