Heterogeneous and compensatory growth in Melithaea flabellifera (Octocorallia: Melithaeidae) in Japan

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2004, Pages 389-397

  Matsumoto, Asako K ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gorgonian; Sea fan

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; GROWTH KINETICS; PHOTOGRAPHY;

COMPENSATORY GROWTH; HETEROGENEOUS GROWTH; SHALLOW WATERS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; FLABELLIFERA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; MELITHAEA; MELITHAEIDAE;

EID: 12444346911     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2673-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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