Differential nitric oxide synthesis and host apoptotic events correlate with bleaching susceptibility in reef corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-153

  Hawkins, T D ^a   Krueger, T ^a   Becker, S ^a   Fisher, P L ^a   Davy, S K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cnidarian dinoflagellate symbiosis; Symbiodinium; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893739111     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1103-4     Document Type: Article

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