Annual band width variation in Porites sp. from Aqaba, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 393-403

  Heiss, Georg A ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORITES;

ANNUAL BAND WITH VARIATION; CORAL; GROWTH;

RED SEA, GULF OF AQABA, AQABA;

EID: 0029669799     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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