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Generalist dinoflagellate endosymbionts and host genotype diversity detected from mesophotic (67-100 m depths) coral Leptoseris.
BMC ecology - 11 Sept 2009
Chan Yvonne L, Pochon Xavier, Fisher Marla A, Wagner Daniel, Concepcion Gregory T, Kahng Samuel E, Toonen Robert J, Gates Ruth D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mesophotic corals (light-dependent corals in the deepest half of the photic zone at depths of 30-150 m) provide a unique opportunity to study the limits of the interactions between corals and endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium. We sampled Leptoseris spp. in Hawaii via manned submersibles across a depth range of 67-100 m. Both the host and Symbiodinium communities were genotyped,...
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