Surface Growth Rings of Porites lutea Microatolls Accurately Track Their Annual Growth

Northwest Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-245

  Flora, Charles J ^a   Ely, Philip S ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CORAL; GROWTH RATE; MICROSTRUCTURE;

KIRIBATI;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; PORITES LUTEA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0142054709     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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