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Stress Effects on Metabolism and Photosynthesis of Hermatypic Corals

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Coral reef ecosystems are one of the largest remaining reservoirs of biodiversity and among the most diverse in the world. Nevertheless, over the last few decades they have been undergoing a rapid decline resulting from exposure to increasing major stress agents (e.g., marine pollution; Dubinsky and Stambler 1996). One of the main initial visible expressions of such stress is the bleaching phenomenon that can lead to the death of entire reefs (see Chaps. 23 and 26, this Vol.).

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Stambler, N., Dubinsky, Z. (2004). Stress Effects on Metabolism and Photosynthesis of Hermatypic Corals. In: Rosenberg, E., Loya, Y. (eds) Coral Health and Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06414-6_9

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