Reef endemism, host specificity and temporal stability in populations of symbiotic dinoflagellates from two ecologically dominant Caribbean corals.
The dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium forms symbioses with numerous protistan and invertebrate metazoan hosts. However, few data on symbiont genetic structure are available, hindering predictions of how these populations and their host associations will fair in the face of global climate change.Here...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2706050?pdf=render |