Dynamics of calcification in the mediterranean red coral, Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 270-278

  Allemand, Denis ^a   Bénazet Tambutté, Sylvie ^a  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CORALLIUM; CORALLIUM JOHNSONI; CORALLIUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0030462536     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961101)276:4<270::AID-JEZ4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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