In situ rates of fertilization among broadcast spawning gorgonian corals

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-55

  Lasker, Howard R ^a   Brazeau, Daniel A ^a,b   Calderon, Julio ^a,c   Coffroth, Mary Alice ^a   Coma, Rafel ^a   Kim, Kiho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c New School for Social Research   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLEXAURA KUNA; PSEUDOPLEXAURA POROSA;

EID: 0030063113     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542674     Document Type: Article

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