Flexible associations between Pocillopora corals and Symbiodinium limit utility of symbiosis ecology in defining species

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 795-801

  Cunning, R ^a   Glynn, P W ^a   Baker, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Pacific; Pocillopora; Symbiodinium; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84881259246     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1036-y     Document Type: Article

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