Symbiodinium diversity within Acropora muricata and the surrounding environment

Marine Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 343-353

  Sweet, Michael J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental pools; ITS2; Spatial; Symbiodinium; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOFILM; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEF; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYMBIONT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA MURICATA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM SP.;

EID: 84906226856     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12092     Document Type: Article

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