Natural inducers for coral larval metamorphosis

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-279

  Heyward, A J ^a   Negri, A P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical; Coral; Inducer; Larvae; Metamorphosis; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; REEF;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; GONIASTREA RETIFORMIS;

EID: 0032833786     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050193     Document Type: Article

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