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Coral Skeletons Defend against Ultraviolet Radiation

BACKGROUND: Many coral reef organisms are photosynthetic or have evolved in tight symbiosis with photosynthetic symbionts. As such, the tissues of reef organisms are often exposed to intense solar radiation in clear tropical waters and have adapted to trap and harness photosynthetically active radia...

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Autores principales: Reef, Ruth, Kaniewska, Paulina, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007995