Use of annual density banding to estimate longevity of infauna of massive corals

Fisheries Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-56

  Nishi, Eijiroh ^a  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Coral growth ring; Infauna; Okinawa; Polychaete

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004784970     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.65.48     Document Type: Article

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