Red light represses the photophysiology of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata.

Light spectrum plays a key role in the biology of symbiotic corals, with blue light resulting in higher coral growth, zooxanthellae density, chlorophyll a content and photosynthesis rates as compared to red light. However, it is still unclear whether these physiological processes are blue-enhanced o...

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Main Authors: Tim Wijgerde, Anne van Melis, Catarina I F Silva, Miguel C Leal, Luc Vogels, Claudia Mutter, Ronald Osinga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962463?pdf=render