Reproduction of Dendronephthya hemprichi (Cnidaria: Octocorallia): Year-round spawning in an azooxanthellate soft coral

Marine Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 573-579

  Dahan, M ^a   Benayahu, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRONEPHTHYA HEMPRICHI;

EID: 0030864232     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050198     Document Type: Article

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