Insights into coral recovery based on symbiont state and environmental conditions in the temperate, facultatively symbiotic coral Astrangia poculata

Coral reefs are declining globally, calling for better ways to quantify coral health and predict resilience to future stress. The relationship between bleaching and fitness is key, as is reserve capacity to deal with physical trauma. This dissertation is an integrative study of the coral-algal symbi...

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Main Author: Burmester, Elizabeth
Language:en_US
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27365