Novel Adaptive Photosynthetic Characteristics of Mesophotic Symbiotic Microalgae within the Reef-Building Coral, Stylophora pistillata
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Citation: Einbinder S, Gruber DF, Salomon E, Liran O, Keren N and Tchernov D (2016) Novel Adaptive Photosynthetic Characteristics of Mesophotic Symbiotic Microalgae within the Reef-Building Coral, Stylophora pistillata. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:195. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00195 Novel Adaptive Photosynthetic Characteristics of Mesophotic Symbiotic Microalgae within the Reef-Building Coral, Stylophora pistillata
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