Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae

Giant clams (Fam. Tridacnidae) live in association with zooxanthellae. These algae have the capability of transferring part of their photosynthetic product to their host. Therefore, zooxanthellae also known as important source of energy for the clams. It has been reported that there were several dif...

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Main Author:	Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib
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Published:	[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2002
Subjects:	Jurnal i-lib UGM
Online Access:	https://repository.ugm.ac.id/18395/ http://i-lib.ugm.ac.id/jurnal/download.php?dataId=1180
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spelling	id-ugm-repo.183952014-06-18T00:32:22Z https://repository.ugm.ac.id/18395/ Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib Jurnal i-lib UGM Giant clams (Fam. Tridacnidae) live in association with zooxanthellae. These algae have the capability of transferring part of their photosynthetic product to their host. Therefore, zooxanthellae also known as important source of energy for the clams. It has been reported that there were several different types of zooxanthellae isolated from corals. However, no study has been conducted to investigate the diversity of zooxanthellae of Indonesian giant clams. The present study aimed to investigate the diversity of zooxanthellae isolated from giant clams, and its effects on the survival and growth rate of giant clams larvae. The results showed that there were two different genotypes of zooxanthellae isolated from 4 species of giant clams. Tridacna crocea, Hippopus hippopus and H. porcellanus had the same genotype of zooxanthellae, which was different with zooxanthellae isolated from T. squamosa. When these algae were introduced to giant clams larvae, it was found that zooxanthellae isolated from T. squamosa increased the survival and growth rate of the larvae. Keywords: zooxanthella â��survivorship â��giant clams larvae â��growth rate [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2002 Article NonPeerReviewed Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib (2002) Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae. Jurnal i-lib UGM. http://i-lib.ugm.ac.id/jurnal/download.php?dataId=1180
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description	Giant clams (Fam. Tridacnidae) live in association with zooxanthellae. These algae have the capability of transferring part of their photosynthetic product to their host. Therefore, zooxanthellae also known as important source of energy for the clams. It has been reported that there were several different types of zooxanthellae isolated from corals. However, no study has been conducted to investigate the diversity of zooxanthellae of Indonesian giant clams. The present study aimed to investigate the diversity of zooxanthellae isolated from giant clams, and its effects on the survival and growth rate of giant clams larvae. The results showed that there were two different genotypes of zooxanthellae isolated from 4 species of giant clams. Tridacna crocea, Hippopus hippopus and H. porcellanus had the same genotype of zooxanthellae, which was different with zooxanthellae isolated from T. squamosa. When these algae were introduced to giant clams larvae, it was found that zooxanthellae isolated from T. squamosa increased the survival and growth rate of the larvae. Keywords: zooxanthella â��survivorship â��giant clams larvae â��growth rate
format	Article NonPeerReviewed
author	Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib
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title	Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae
title_short	Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae
title_full	Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae
title_fullStr	Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae
title_full_unstemmed	Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae
title_sort	zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae
publisher	[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
publishDate	2002
url	https://repository.ugm.ac.id/18395/ http://i-lib.ugm.ac.id/jurnal/download.php?dataId=1180
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Zooxanthellae diversity and its effects on the survivorship and growth rate of giant clams larvae

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