Photographic technique for the study of coral morphometrics

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-195

  Todd, Peter A ^a   Sanderson, Peta G ^b   Chou, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Favia speciosa; Photographic technique; Singapore; Small scale morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035740545     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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