The giant clam Tridacna squamosa quickly regenerates iridocytes and restores symbiont quantity and phototrophic potential to above-control levels in the outer mantle after darkness-induced bleaching
Yuen K. Ip, Mel V. Boo, Miguel Mies, Shit F. Chew
Topics & Concepts
DarknessBiologyMantle (geology)Chlorophyll aBotanyPhototrophPhotosynthesisPaleontologyCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMarine and coastal ecosystemsMarine and coastal plant biology