Horizontal transmission of Symbiodinium cells between adult and juvenile corals is aided by benthic sediment

Coral Reefs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 335-344

  Nitschke, Matthew R ^a   Davy, Simon K ^b   Ward, Selina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Free living; Horizontal transmission; Scleractinian corals; Sediment; Spawning; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CONSPECIFIC; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; GROWTH RATE; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; JUVENILE; MICROHABITAT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SYMBIONT;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84958743008     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1349-0     Document Type: Article

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