Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) diversity in reef-invertebrates along an offshore to inshore reef gradient near Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 552-563

  Tonk, Linda ^a   Sampayo, Eugenia M ^a   LaJeunesse, Todd C ^b   Schrameyer, Verena ^c   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

coral reefs; Great Barrier Reef; ITS2; Symbiodinium; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957698148     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12185     Document Type: Article

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