Skeletal damage in reef corals: Relating resistance to colony morphology

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 200, Issue , 2000, Pages 177-189

  Marshall, Paul A ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Coral; Disturbance; Morphology; Reef management; Skeletal density; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000010209     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps200177     Document Type: Article

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