Characterisation of coral explants: a model organism for cnidarian–dinoflagellate studies

Coral Reefs

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 133-142

  Gardner, S G ^a   Nielsen, D A ^a   Petrou, K ^a   Larkum, A W D ^a   Ralph, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cnidarian dinoflagellate symbiosis; Explant culture; Photophysiology; Respiration; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925519644     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: 14320975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1240-4     Document Type: Article

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