Growth forms of hermatypic corals: Stable states and noise-induced transitions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 227-239

  Kizner, Z ^a   Vago, R ^b   Vaky, L ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral; Dynamical system; Environmental fluctuations; Growth from; Modelling; Stability; Transition

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH FORM; MORPHOTYPE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0035389067     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00276-9     Document Type: Article

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