Comparative demography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) at Eilat, northern Red Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Goffredo, S ^a   Chadwick Furman, N E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EILAT; ISRAEL; RED SEA;

ANTHOZOA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CTENACTIS; CTENACTIS ECHINATA; FUNGIA; FUNGIA FUNGITES; FUNGIA SCUTARIA; FUNGIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; SCOLYMIA WELLSII;

EID: 0038792305     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0980-9     Document Type: Article

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