Synchronized release of medusae from three species of hydrozoan fire corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-154

  Soong, K ^a   Cho, L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Medusa; Millepora; Spawning; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EGG; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; HYBRIDIZATION; MEDUSA; SEGREGATION; SPAWNING; SPERMATOZOON; SURFACE; TAIWAN;

MILLEPORA DICHOTOMA; MILLEPORA MURRAYI; MILLEPORA PLATYPHYLLA;

EID: 0031826906     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050109     Document Type: Article

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