The influence of symbiont type on photosynthetic carbon flux in a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 711-724

  Starzak, Dorota E ^a,d   Quinnell, Rosanne G ^b   Nitschke, Matthew R ^a,c   Davy, Simon K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; GROWTH RATE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINIARIA; AIPTASIA; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84897577340     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2372-8     Document Type: Article

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