Light from down under

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4341-4346

  Fine, Maoz ^a,b   Sabbah, Shai ^c   Shashar, Nadav ^d   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspidosyphon; Coral; Great Barrier Reef; Heterocyathus; Heteropsammia; Light

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ASPIDOSYPHON; CHEMISTRY; CORAL; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HETEROCYATHUS; HETEROPSAMMIA; LIGHT; NEMATODE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ASPIDOSYPHON; CORAL; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HETEROCYATHUS; HETEROPSAMMIA; LIGHT;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; LIGHT; NEMATODA; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84889051027     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025106     Document Type: Article

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