Prevalent endosymbiont zonation shapes the depth distributions of scleractinian coral species

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Bongaerts, Pim ^a,b   Carmichael, Margaux ^a   Hay, Kyra B ^a   Tonk, Linda ^a   Frade, Pedro R ^b,c   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Carmabi Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Depth distribution; Mesophotic; Symbiodinium; Symbiont zonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938108162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140297     Document Type: Article

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