Morphological variation in coral aggregations: Branch spacing and mass flux to coral tissues

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 233-259

  Helmuth, Brian S T ^a   Sebens, Kenneth P ^b,c   Daniel, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Convection; Coral morphology; Mass flux; Physical scaling

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0031550584     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02687-1     Document Type: Article

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