Differential responses of the coral host and their algal symbiont to thermal stress.

The success of any symbiosis under stress conditions is dependent upon the responses of both partners to that stress. The coral symbiosis is particularly susceptible to small increases of temperature above the long term summer maxima, which leads to the phenomenon known as coral bleaching, where the...

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Main Authors: William Leggat, Francois Seneca, Kenneth Wasmund, Lubna Ukani, David Yellowlees, Tracy D Ainsworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3200360?pdf=render