An appraisal of methods used in coral recruitment studies

Coral Reefs

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-131

  Mundy, C N ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral; Larvae; Recruitment; Settlement plates

Indexed keywords

CORAL; METHODOLOGY; RECRUITMENT;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0033860094     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380000081     Document Type: Article

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