Coral surfaces and fractal dimensions: A new method

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 653-657

  Basillais, Éric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Corals; Fractal; French Polynesia; Geometry; Morphologies

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CORAL; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SAMPLING; SURFACE AREA;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CORAL; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; TIKEHAU ATOLL;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA; PORITES;

EID: 0030669457     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(97)85699-5     Document Type: Article

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