Conflicting morphological and reproductive species boundaries in the coral genus Platygyra

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-110

  Miller, Karen ^a,c   Babcock, Russell ^b,d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATYGYRA; SCLERACTINIA;

BARRIERS; CORAL; FERTILIZATION; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOSPECIES; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; SPAWNING TIME;

CORAL SEA, GREAT BARRIER REEF;

EID: 0030619615     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542579     Document Type: Article

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