The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: Life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 473-481

  Zeevi Ben Yosef, D ^a   Benayahu, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

RED SEA;

ACABARIA; ACABARIA BISERIALIS; ALCYONACEA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343775753     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050647     Document Type: Article

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