Trehalose Is a Chemical Attractant in the Establishment of Coral Symbiosis

Mary Hagedorn; Virginia Carter; Nikolas Zuchowicz; Micaiah Phillips; Chelsea Penfield; Brittany Shamenek; Elizabeth A. Vallen; Frederick W. Kleinhans; Kelly Peterson; Meghan White; Paul H. Yancey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117087

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Trehalose Is a Chemical Attractant in the Establishment of Coral Symbiosis

Mary Hagedorn ,

* E-mail: hagedornm@si.edu

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America
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Virginia Carter,

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America
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Nikolas Zuchowicz,

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America
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Micaiah Phillips,

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America
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Chelsea Penfield,

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America
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Brittany Shamenek,

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America
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Elizabeth A. Vallen,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Frederick W. Kleinhans,

Affiliation Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Kelly Peterson,

Affiliation Biology Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, United States of America
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Meghan White,

Affiliation Biology Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, United States of America
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Paul H. Yancey

Affiliation Biology Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, United States of America
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Trehalose Is a Chemical Attractant in the Establishment of Coral Symbiosis

Mary Hagedorn,
Virginia Carter,
Nikolas Zuchowicz,
Micaiah Phillips,
Chelsea Penfield,
Brittany Shamenek,
Elizabeth A. Vallen,
Frederick W. Kleinhans,
Kelly Peterson,
Meghan White

Published: January 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117087

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