Function of funnel-shaped coral growth in a high-sedimentation environment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Riegl, Bernhard ^a,c,d   Heine, Carlton ^b,c   Branch, George M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coral; Ecology; Sediment; Shape; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FUNNEL-SHAPE; FUNNEL-SHAPED GROWTH; GROWTH; SEDIMENTATION;

SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL;

ACROPORA CLATHRATA; TURBINARIA PELTATA;

EID: 0030302726     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps145087     Document Type: Article

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