Contrasting physiological plasticity in response to environmental stress within different cnidarians and their respective symbionts

Coral Reefs

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 529-542

  Hoadley, Kenneth D ^a   Pettay, Daniel T ^a   Dodge, Danielle ^a,b   Warner, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon limitation; Chlorophyll a; Package effect; Temperature and CO2 acclimation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ACIDIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACTINIARIA; ALGAE; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; DISCOSOMA; MONTIPORA HIRSUTA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84955619479     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-016-1404-5     Document Type: Article

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