Morphological studies of the soft tissues involved in skeletal dissolution in the coral Fungia fungites

Coral Reefs

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-180

  Yamashiro, H ^a   Yamazato, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGIA FUNGITES;

EID: 0029989378     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050039     Document Type: Article

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