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Multimodal Optical Microscopy Methods Reveal Polyp Tissue Morphology and Structure in Caribbean Reef Building Corals
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Multimodal Optical Microscopy Methods Reveal Polyp Tissue Morphology and Structure in Caribbean Reef Building Corals

Multimodal Optical Microscopy Methods Reveal Polyp Tissue Morphology and Structure in Caribbean Reef Building Corals

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September 05, 2014

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10.3791/51824-v

DOI:
10.3791/51824-v

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1Institute for Genomic Biology,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2Department of Geology,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3Department of Microbiology,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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An integrated suite of imaging techniques has been applied to determine polyp morphology and tissue structure in the Caribbean corals Montastraeaannularis and M. faveolata. Fluorescence, serial block face, and two-photon confocal laser scanning microscopy have identified lobate structure, polyp walls, and estimated chromatophore and zooxanthellae densities and distributions.

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Sivaguru, M., Fried, G. A., Miller, C. A. H., Fouke, B. W. Multimodal Optical Microscopy Methods Reveal Polyp Tissue Morphology and Structure in Caribbean Reef Building Corals. J. Vis. Exp. (91), e51824, doi:10.3791/51824 (2014).

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