Environmental factors affecting tissue regeneration of the reef - Building coral Montastraea annularis (Faviidae) at Los Roques National Park, Venezuela

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 1055-1065

  Cróquer, Aldo ^a,b   Villamizar, Estrella ^a   Noriega, Nicida ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b Urbanización Country Club ^*  (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Archipi lago de Los Roques; Artificial damages; Corals; Montastraea annularis; Recovery; Sedimentation rates; Tissue regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SEDIMENT; TIME; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; REGENERATION; TIME FACTORS; VENEZUELA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0042808407     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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