Fungi in corals: Black bands and density-banding of Porites lutea and P. lobata skeleton

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-27

  Priess, K ^a   Le Campion Alsumard, T ^a   Thomassin, B A ^a   Golubic, S ^b   Gadel, F ^c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MAYOTTE ISLAND; MOOREA ISLAND; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ASPERGILLUS; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; LOBATA; OSTREOBIUM; PORITES LOBATA; PORITES LUTEA; PORITES TOBATA;

EID: 0033994169     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050003     Document Type: Article

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