Interspecific interactions and competitive ability of the polymorphic reef-building coral Montastrea annularis

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 792-803

  Van Veghel, Manfred L J ^a,b,d   Cleary, Daniël F R ^a   Bak, Rolf P M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d EcoSense   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMORPHISM; COMPETITION; CORAL REEFS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS;

WEST INDIES, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, CURACAO;

MONTASTREA ANNULARIS;

EID: 0029772168     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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