terminology
anne cohen
acohen at whoi.edu
Wed Nov 14 18:50:18 EST 2001
Hello: In response to my query below posted Nov 4th, I received several
responses but none in agreement. Thank you to those who did reply. The
suggestions were:
-aposymbiotic
-apozooxanthellate
-facultative zooxanthellate
-facultative symbiotic
Others suggest that aposymbiotic/apozooxanthellate should be reserved
for zooxanthellate species having lost their zoox i.e. a bleached colony
is "apo".
However, Veron uses this term in "Corals in Space and Time" to refer to
species which are happy being both.
Anne.
Anne Cohen wrote:
> Hello: I am wondering if there is a term in use in the biology
> community that describes coral species having both symbiotic and
> asymbiotic colonies i.e. a single species that occurs naturally and
> healthily in both "states";
> Your ideas are appreciated,
> Anne.
>
>
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Dr A.L. Cohen
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Geology and Geophysics, ms#23
Woods Hole MA 02543
USA
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