Effects of water flow and branch spacing on particle capture by the reef coral Madracis mirabills (Duchassaing and Michelotti)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-28

  Sebens, Kenneth P ^a,b   Witting, Jan ^b   Helmuth, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony morphology; Madracis mirabilis; Scleractinian coral; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CYST; NONHUMAN; POLYP; WATER FLOW;

MADRACIS MIRABILIS; ARTEMIA;

COLONIES; CORAL; FILTER FEEDERS; FILTER FEEDING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE CAPTURE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0030619229     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02636-6     Document Type: Article

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