Spectral diversity and regulation of coral fluorescence in a mesophotic reef habitat in the Red Sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Eyal, Gal ^a,b   Wiedenmann, Jörg ^c   Grinblat, Mila ^a   D'Angelo, Cecilia ^c   Kramarsky Winter, Esti ^d   Treibitz, Tali ^e   Ben Zvi, Or ^a   Shaked, Yonathan ^b   Smith, Tyler B ^f   Harii, Saki ^g   Denis, Vianney ^h   Noyes, Tim ⁱ   Tamir, Raz ^b,j   Loya, Yossi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^h BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

ⁱ BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^j BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA SQUARROSA; ALVEOPORA ALLINGI; ALVEOPORA OCELLATA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLASTOMUSSA MERLETI; COLOR POLYMORPHISM; CORAL REEF; DARKNESS; DISCOSOMA UNGUJA; ECHINOPHYLLIA ASPERA; EUPHYLLIA PARADIVISA; FAVITES BESTAE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GONIOPORA MINOR; GONIOPORA SOMALIENSIS; HYDNOPHORA EXESA; ISRAEL; LEPTOSERIS GLABRA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MESOPHYTE; OXYPORA EGYPTENSIS; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLEURACTIS GRANULOSA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; RHODACTIS RHODOSTOMA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STYLOCOENIELLA GUENTHERI; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA; TURBINARIA RENIFORMIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; INDIAN OCEAN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

PIGMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; COLOR; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; LIGHT; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939202817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128697     Document Type: Article

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