The hydrozoan coral Millepora dichotoma: Speciation or phenotypic plasticity?

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1175-1183

  Meroz Fine, Efrat ^a   Brickner, Itzchak ^a   Loya, Yossi ^a   Ilan, Micha ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANTHOZOA; HYDROZOA; MILLEPORA; MILLEPORA ALCICORNIS; MILLEPORA DICHOTOMA;

EID: 0347531669     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1135-3     Document Type: Article

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