Mechanisms Controlling Growth Rates and Abundance of Symbiotic Phytoplankton

环境应力（热、渗透）导致 共生藻类从造礁珊瑚和其他热带 刺胞动物，例如，海葵，通常带有灾难性的 结果 将继续调查 珊瑚和其他生物的器官和细胞机制 刺胞动物维持稳定的共生关系， 压力导致共生藻类的消失。 重点将 对虫黄藻的排出和消化进行研究， 和营养限制现象。

Environmental stress (thermal, osmotic) causes elimination of symbiotic algae from reef-building corals and other tropical cnidarians, e.g., sea anemones, often with catastrophic results. A continued investigation will be conducted on the organismic and cellular mechanisms by which corals and other cnidarians maintain stable symbioses, and mechanisms by which stress causes elimination of symbiotic algae. Emphasis will be placed on studies of expulsion and digestion of zooxanthellae, and nutrient limitation phenomena.