Growth and population dynamic model of the reef coral Fungia granulosa Klunzinger, 1879 at Eilat, northern Red Sea

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-218

  Chadwick Furman, Nanette E ^a,b   Goffredo, Stefano ^c   Loya, Yossi ^d  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fungiidae; Growth model; Mushroom coral; Population ecology; Red Sea; Reef management; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

CORAL; GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA;

RED SEA;

FUNGIA GRANULOSA;

EID: 0034725436     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00204-5     Document Type: Article

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