effects of elevated temperature on the photosynthetic efficiency of zooxanthellae in hospite from four different species of reef coral: a novel approach

• Published in: Plant, cell and environment Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 291 - 299
• Main Authors: Warner, M.E, Fitt, W.K, Schmidt, G.W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.1996
• Subjects: agaricia agaricites; agaricia lamarki; chlorophyll; corals; dinophyta; fluorescence; heat stress; inhibition; monastrea annularis; photosynthesis; photosystem II; siderastrea radians; Symbiodinium; symbionts; water temperature

Bleaching of reef corals is a phenomenon linked to temperature stress which involves loss of the symbiotic algae of the coral, which are known as zooxanthellae, and/or loss of algal pigments. The photosynthetic efficiency of zooxanthellae within the corals Montastrea annularis, Agaricia lamarki, Aga...