Environmental factors controlling the distribution of symbiodinium harboured by the coral Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef.

BACKGROUND: The Symbiodinium community associated with scleractinian corals is widely considered to be shaped by seawater temperature, as the coral's upper temperature tolerance is largely contingent on the Symbiodinium types harboured. Few studies have challenged this paradigm as knowledge of...

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Main Authors: Timothy F Cooper, Ray Berkelmans, Karin E Ulstrup, Scarla Weeks, Ben Radford, Alison M Jones, Jason Doyle, Marites Canto, Rebecca A O'Leary, Madeleine J H van Oppen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3204971?pdf=render