Multimodal optical microscopy methods reveal polyp tissue morphology and structure in caribbean reef building corals

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 91, 2014, Pages

  Sivaguru, Mayandi ^a   Fried, Glenn A ^a   Miller, Carly A H ^a   Fouke, Bruce W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

3D coral tissue morphology and structure; Autofluorescence; Chromatophore; environmental change; Environmental Sciences; Issue 91; Light harvesting optimization; Montastraea annularis; Montastraea faveolata; Serial block face imaging; Two photon fluorescence microscopy; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORAL REEF; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84908341910     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51824     Document Type: Article

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