Zooxanthella densities within a Caribbean octocoral during bleaching and non-bleaching years

The increasing incidence of bleaching and concern for the future of coral reef ecosystems have heightened interest in the complexity of the temporal, spatial, and taxonomic pattern of bleaching. Lasker reports on variation in zooxanthella density in a zooxanthellate Caribbean octocoral. Data charact...

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Published in:Coral reefs 2003-04, Vol.22 (1), p.23-26
Main Author: LASKER, H. R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
Coral bleaching
Coral reef ecosystems
Coral reefs
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Marine
Marine biology
Marine ecology
Octocorallia
Physics of the oceans
Plants and fungi
Sea ice
Symbiosis
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Summary:The increasing incidence of bleaching and concern for the future of coral reef ecosystems have heightened interest in the complexity of the temporal, spatial, and taxonomic pattern of bleaching. Lasker reports on variation in zooxanthella density in a zooxanthellate Caribbean octocoral. Data characterize zooxanthella density over a 15-year period and document zooxanthellae densities during a year with extensive coral bleaching as well as years with no apparent bleaching.
ISSN:0722-4028
1432-0975
DOI:10.1007/s00338-003-0276-7