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Moderate Thermal Stress Causes Active and Immediate Expulsion of Photosynthetically Damaged Zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium) from Corals

The foundation of coral reef biology is the symbiosis between corals and zooxanthellae (dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium). Recently, coral bleaching, which often results in mass mortality of corals and the collapse of coral reef ecosystems, has become an important issue around the world as coral re...

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Autores principales: Fujise, Lisa, Yamashita, Hiroshi, Suzuki, Go, Sasaki, Kengo, Liao, Lawrence M., Koike, Kazuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25493938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114321