Coral colony tissue damage in six species of reef-building corals: Partial mortality in relation with depth and surface area

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 131-144

  Meesters, Erik H ^a,b   Wesseling, Ineke ^a   Bak, Rolf P M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Carmabi Institute   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clonal strategy; colony size; Coral reef; damage; ecology; modularity; morphology; Partial mortality; regeneration; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030917517     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(96)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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