Effects of calcification patterns on the oxygen isotope composition of the skeleton of the scleractinian coral Actopora formosa

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 645-658

  Juillet Leclerc, Anne ^a   Montaggioni, Lucien F ^a   Pichon, Michel ^b,c   Gattuso, Jean Pierre ^b,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CORAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, GREAT BARRIER REEF, YONGE REEF;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA FORMOSA; ACTOPORA; ACTOPORA FORMOSA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0030968573     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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