A basic experiment of coral culture using sexual reproduction in the open sea

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-270

  Okamoto, Mineo ^a   Nojima, Satoshi ^b   Furushima, Yasuo ^c   Phoel, William C ^d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d Underwater Research Foundation International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Mass spawning; Settlement; Sexual reproduction; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 18844425763     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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