Abstract
The regulation of total algal numbers in the symbiosis involving Anemonia sulcata and a marine dinoflagellate has been investigated in a series of experiments designed to test the effects of starvation and/or darkness on the host and its alga. The gross effect of these conditions (either separately or in combination) is detectable as a generalized weight loss in the symbiotic system. An electronmicroscopical study has shown that this weight loss can be directly related to changes in the ultrastructural morphology of both Anemonia and its symbionts. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to current knowledge of the nutritional aspects of algal—invertebrate symbiosis.
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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