Reproductive seasonality in an equatorial assemblage of scleractinian corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-116

  Guest, J R ^a   Baird, A H ^a   Goh, B P L ^b   Chou, L M ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral reef; Equatorial; Reproductive seasonality; Singapore; Synchronous spawning

Indexed keywords

CORAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 17044397360     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0433-7     Document Type: Article

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