Sweeper tentacles of the brain coral Platygyra daedalea: Induced development and effects on competitors

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 282, Issue , 2004, Pages 161-171

  Lapid, Einat D ^a,b   Wielgus, Jeffrey ^a,b   Chadwick Furman, Nanette E ^a,b,c  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavior; Competition; Defense; Eilat; Red Sea; Reef coral

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EILAT; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; DAEDALEA; FAVITES; FAVITES COMPLANATA; LEPTASTREA; MILLEPORA; PLATYGYRA; PLATYGYRA DAEDALEA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 10844240008     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps282161     Document Type: Article

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