Porites growth characteristics in a changed environment: Misima Island, Papua New Guinea

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-218

  Barnes, D J ^a   Lough, J M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth characteristics; Porites; Sedimentation; Skeletal density banding; Tissue thickness

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL REEF; GROWTH; MORTALITY; SEDIMENTATION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

PORITES;

EID: 0032832650     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050185     Document Type: Article

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