An energetic approach to the study of life-history traits of two modular colonial benthic invertebrates

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 162, Issue , 1998, Pages 89-103

  Coma, Rafel ^a   Ribes, Marta ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^a   Zabala, Mikel ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Gorgonian; Hydroid; Life history; Mediterranean; Reproductive effort; Resource allocation; Somatic investment

Indexed keywords

CAMPANULARIA EVERTA; PARAMURICEA CLAVATA;

EID: 0032510032     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps162089     Document Type: Article

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