Variability of Symbiodinium communities in waters, sediments, and corals of thermally distinct reef pools in American Samoa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Cunning, Ross ^a   Yost, Denise M ^a   Guarinello, Marisa L ^b   Putnam, Hollie M ^a   Gates, Ruth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

AMERICAN SAMOA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

AMERICAN SAMOA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84957991562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145099     Document Type: Article

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