Reef Corals: Mutualistic Symbioses Adapted to Nutrient-Poor Environments
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 27 (7) , 454-460
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1297526
Abstract
Adaptations resulting from the possession of endosymbiotic algae enable reef corals to flourish in nutrient-poor tropical waters. The major adaptatioThis publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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