Reproductive plasticity in the reef coral Echinopora lamellosa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 190, Issue , 1999, Pages 297-301

  Fan, Tung Yung ^a,b   Dai, Chang Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Egg size; Phenotypic plasticity; Reciprocal transplant experiment; Reef coral; Reproductive timing

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION;

TAIWAN;

ANTHOZOA; ECHINOPORA LAMELLOSA;

EID: 0033554833     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps190297     Document Type: Article

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