Morphological differences among three species of newly settled pocilloporid coral recruits

Coral Reefs

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-183

  Baird, A H ^a,b   Babcock, R C ^a,b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Growth; Pocilloporidae; Settlement; Skeletogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORAL; MORPHOLOGY; RECRUITMENT;

ANTHOZOA; COLUMELLA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; POCILLOPORIDAE; SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0343603596     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006955     Document Type: Article

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