Interactions between Acanthaster planci (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and scleractinian corals at Kona, Hawai'i1

Pacific Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-133

  Chess, James R ^b   Hobson, Edmund S ^b   Howard, Daniel F ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIES; CORAL; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCES; REEF COMMUNITIES; SEASTAR;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, HAWAII, KONA; USA, HAWAII, HAWAII, KONA;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ECHINODERMATA; POCILLOPORA MEANDRINA; PORITES COMPRESSA; PORITES LOBATA;

EID: 0030873996     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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