Morphology and occurrence of rhodoliths in siliciclastic, intertidal environments from a high latitude reef setting, southern Mozambique

Coral Reefs

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-207

  Perry, Christopher T ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High latitude reefs; Hydrolithon; Intertidal flats; Lithophyllum; Rhodoliths

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

HYDROLITHON; LITHOPHYLLUM;

EID: 21544472366     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-005-0486-2     Document Type: Article

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