Comparative morphometry of fan-like colonies of three Mediterranean gorgonians (Cnidaria: Gorgonacea)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-49

  Weinbauer, Markus G ^a,b   Velimirov, Branko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; CORAL; GROWTH PATTERN; MORPHOMETRY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; EUNICELLA CAVOLINI; EUNICELLA SINGULARIS; LOPHOGORGIA CERATOPHYTA;

EID: 0031660973     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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