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Annual cycle of symbiotic dinoflagellates from three species of scleractinian corals from coastal reefs of northeastern Brazil

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the “Programa Institucional de Bolsas Pós-Graduação da CAPES/UFPB”. The authors would like to thank “Núcleo de Estudo e Pesquisas dos Recursos do Mar (NEPREMAR/UFPB)”, “Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas da UFPB” for laboratorial conditions and assistance. We are also grateful to Dr. Matt Broadhurst from NSW Fisheries Conservation Technology—Unit National Marine Science Centre (Australia) for English assistance and anonymous reviewers for their very important suggestions.

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  1. Universidade Federal da Paraìba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Área de Concentração em Zoologia), Cidade Universitária, Campus I, João Pessoa, Paraíba, 58059-900, Brazil

    Cristiane F. Costa

  2. Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza/Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas de Recursos do Mar, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Paraíba, Brazil

    Roberto Sassi

  3. Departamento de Biologia/Área de Zoologia/Laboratório de Ambientes Recifais, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Fernanda D. Amaral

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Costa, C.F., Sassi, R. & Amaral, F.D. Annual cycle of symbiotic dinoflagellates from three species of scleractinian corals from coastal reefs of northeastern Brazil. Coral Reefs 24, 191–193 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-004-0446-2

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