Wave-like outward growth of some table- and plate-forming corals, and a hypothetical mechanism

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 301-313

  Stimson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL GROWTH; CORAL; GROWTH;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC, HAWAII; USA, HAWAII;

ACROPORA; MERULINA; MONTIPORA; MONTIPORA VERRUCOSA;

EID: 0029667794     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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