Diversity and community structure of symbiotic dinoflagellates from Caribbean coral reefs

2002/08/01 by Todd C. LaJeunesse, LaJeunesse T. · 737 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Clade #Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics #Coral #Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies #Coral reef #Ecology #Genus #Host (biology) #Internal transcribed spacer #Lineage (genetic) #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Phylogenetics #Population #Reef #Ribosomal RNA #Symbiodinium #Symbiosis #Zoology #Zooxanthellae

paper · doi:10.1007/s00227-002-0829-2

published in Marine Biology 141(2), 387-400 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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