Lateral light transfer ensures efficient resource distribution in symbiont-bearing corals

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 489-498

  Wangpraseurt, Daniel ^a   Larkum, Anthony W D ^a   Franklin, Jim ^a   Szabo, Milan ^a   Ralph, Peter J ^a   Kuhl, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Microenvironment; Microsensor; Photobiology; Photosynthesis; Tissue optics

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROSENSOR; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; TISSUE OPTICS;

CORAL REEF; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROSENSOR; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TISSUE OPTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYLL; DINOFLAGELLIDA; MICROALGAE; OPTICAL IMAGING; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SUNLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84893928797     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.091116     Document Type: Article

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