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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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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 |