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Differential responses of coral larvae to the colour of ambient light guide them to suitable settlement microhabitat

Reef-building corals produce planktonic planula larvae that must select an appropriate habitat to settle and spend the rest of their life, a behaviour that plays a critical role in survival. Here, we report that larvae obtained from a deep-water population of Pseudodiploria strigosa settled more rea...

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Autores principales: Strader, Marie E., Davies, Sarah W., Matz, Mikhail V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150358