Fertilization in broadcast-spawning corals of the Flower Garden Banks national marine sanctuary

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-187

  Hagman, Derek K ^a,b   Gittings, Stephen R ^c   Vize, Peter D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLPOPHYLLIA NATANS; DIPLORIA STRIGOSA; FERTILIZATION; GULF OF MEXICO; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; MONTASTRAEA FRANSKI; OUTCROSSING; SPAWNING;

CORAL; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING;

GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0345073147     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.1602.07     Document Type: Article

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