Clonal propagation by the azooxanthellate octocoral Dendronephthya hemprichi

Coral Reefs

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-12

  Dahan, M ^a   Benayahu, Y ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL PROPAGATION; COLONIES; CORAL; OCTOCORAL;

RED SEA;

DENDRONEPHTHYA HEMPRICHI;

EID: 0030621026     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050053     Document Type: Article

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