Longevity, competence and energetic content in planulae of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 55-68

  Zaslow, R Ben David ^a   Benayahu, Y ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Energetic content; Heteroxenia fuscescens; Longevity; Metamorphosis; Octocorallia; Planulae

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HYPOTHESIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHOSIS;

HETEROXENIA FUSCESCENS;

EID: 0030560837     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02618-4     Document Type: Article

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