Skeletal tumor formations in the massive coral Pavona clavus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 258, Issue , 2003, Pages 97-108

  Gateno D ^a   Leon A ^b   Barki, Y ^a   Cortes J ^b   Rinkevich, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Coral; Costa Rica; Pavona; Reef; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL REEF; TUMOR;

(TROPICAL EAST); COSTA RICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CLAVUS; PAVONA; PAVONA CLAVUS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0141674495     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps258097     Document Type: Article

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