Breakdown of the coral-algae symbiosis: towards formalising a linkage between warm-water bleaching thresholds and the growth rate of the intracellular zooxanthellae
Impairment of the photosynthetic machinery of the algal endosymbiont ("zooxanthellae") is the proximal driver of the thermal breakdown of the coral-algae symbiosis ("coral bleaching"). Yet, the initial site of damage, and early dynamics of the impairment are still not well resolv...
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| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/1647/2013/bg-10-1647-2013.pdf |