Temporal settlement patterns of larvae of the broadcast spawning reef coral Favites chinensis and the broadcast spawning and brooding reef coral Goniastrea aspera from Okinawa, Japan

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 274-282

  Nozawa, Y ^a   Harrison, P L ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brooded larvae; Dispersal potential; Externally developed larvae; Favites chinensis; Goniastrea aspera; Hermatypic corals; Larval settlement; Larval survivorship

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORAL REEF; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; FAVIIDAE; FAVITES CHINENSIS; GONIASTREA ASPERA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 21544465326     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0476-4     Document Type: Article

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