Allometry of resource capture in colonial cnidarians and constraints on modular growth

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 646-654

  Kim, K ^a   Lasker, H R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony morphology; Corals; Growth model; Self shading

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; CORAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; INTERCEPTION; LIGHT;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031687732     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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