Timing, species participation, and environmental factors influencing annual mass spawning at the Flower Garden Banks (northwest Gulf of Mexico)

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-179

  Hagman, Derek K ^a   Gittings, Stephen R ^b   Deslarzes, Kenneth J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REEF; SPAWNING;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0344240120     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.1602.06     Document Type: Article

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